Dhungel, Bibha
Murakami, Tomoe
Gilmour, Stuart
Ikeda, Shunya
Wada, Koji
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (17K09184)
Article History
Received: 25 July 2022
Revised: 7 September 2022
Accepted: 29 September 2022
First Online: 1 November 2022
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Institutional Review Board of International University of Health and Welfare (No. 21-Im-045). We obtained de-identified data for this study from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study by the concerned agency during data collection.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results.