Kandeel, Amr
Palms, Danielle L.
Afifi, Salma
Kandeel, Yasser
Etman, Ahmed
Hicks, Lauri A.
Talaat, Maha
Article History
First Online: 10 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This protocol was approved by the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit, No. 3, Cairo, Egypt. Institutional Review Board Protocol approval # NAMRU-3.2011.0003-IR-EP7-A(N3 1103). All staff involved in data collection and analysis received training in medical ethics. All subjects were presented with study objectives, gave informed consent, and were free to refuse the interview at any time before, during or after the interview. Interviews were conducted privately and study team members maintained the confidentiality of subjects.
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