Kanyasan, Kethsana
Nonaka, Daisuke
Chatouphonexay, Athithouthay
Hernandez, Paul Michael
Kounnavong, Sengchanh
Kobayashi, Jun
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Grant for National Center for Global Health and Medicine ((27-1, 30-4))
Article History
Received: 14 September 2018
Accepted: 15 November 2018
First Online: 12 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee of University of the Ryukyus in December 2016 (approved number: 372) and the National Ethics Committee for Health Research, Lao PDR (approved number: 0351/NECHR 2016). Before starting the interview and survey, the investigators explained to the participants the details of the study. Written informed consent from the participants and students’ guardians was obtained prior to conducting the study. Participant’s information was kept confidential.
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