Giri, Bishnu Rath
Chapagain, Ram Hari
Sharma, Samana
Shrestha, Sandeep
Ghimire, Sunita
Shankar, P. Ravi
Article History
Received: 13 March 2017
Accepted: 23 January 2018
First Online: 5 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Study approval and ethical clearance was obtained from the institutional review committee (IRC) of Kanti Children’s Hospital which is a subordinate committee of Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) with delegated regulatory authority for health research activities conducted within Kanti Children’s Hospital. Verbal consent was obtained from the guardian of the child prior to data collection. The process of conduct of the study was formally presented to the ethics committee using the standard format and the procedure was approved by the institutional review committee.
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