Subedi, Krishna http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5409-1751
Shrestha, Ashish
Bhagat, Tarakant
Baral, Dharanidhar
Article History
Received: 11 August 2020
Accepted: 21 July 2021
First Online: 14 October 2021
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Committee, B.P.Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal (Ref. No.: 292/074/075-IRC and Code No: IRC/1086/017). Approval was also obtained from Thesis Protocol Evaluation Committee of BPKIHS, Dharan (Ref. No.: Acd/978/074/075). The study was registered as a clinical trial (ExternalRef removed) in the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)- National Institute of medical Statistics; the Clinical Trial Registry India identifier no. CTRI/2018/05/013985. It was retrospectively registered on 05/21/2018.ExternalRef removed. Official permission was obtained from the Dharan sub-metropolitan city and the concerned school authorities before commencing the study. A written informed consent was obtained from all parents of the study participants and assent from each child.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interest.