Paudel, Rajan
Lee, Kwan
Singh, Jitendra Kumar
Yoo, Seok-Ju
Acharya, Dilaram http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2270-7667
Kadel, Rajendra
Adhikari, Samaj
Paudel, Mohan
Mahotra, Narayan
Article History
Received: 12 January 2018
Accepted: 26 November 2018
First Online: 7 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Matri-Suman study was approved by Nepal Health Research Council (Approval no: 101) and the Research ethics committee of the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India (approval no: ECR/526/Inst/UP/2014 Dt.31.1.14). Approval was also sought from the study district, District Public Health Office, Dhanusha, Nepal (Ref. 2245). Written informed consent was obtained before data collection. Personal identifiers were removed before data analysis. Study objectives were clearly explained to all participants; participants were informed of the right to withdraw their participation any time during the interview.
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