Ishaque, Shamsuddin M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9715-4852
Khosruzzaman, S. M.
Ahmed, Dewan Saifuddin
Sah, Mukesh Prasad
Article History
Received: 26 January 2018
Accepted: 26 April 2018
First Online: 25 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from IRB (Institutional Review Board) BSMMU, Dhaka prior to commencement of the study; reference number BSMMU/2015/1011. Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants. All participants were informed about the objectives, methodology, and purpose of the study in an easily understandable way, and those who agreed to participate were required to provide verbal and written consent prior to entry.
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