Akhigbe, Paul
Chukwumah, Nneka M.
Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin
Divaris, Kimon
Obuekwe, Ozoemene
Omoigberale, Augustine
Jedy-Agba, Elima
Kim, Michael
Charurat, Manhattan E.
Richards, Vincent P.
Coker, Modupe O.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (NIDCR R01DE028154, NIDCR R01DE028154, NIDCR R01DE028154, NIDCR R01DE028154, NIDCR R01DE028154, NIDCR R01DE028154, NIDCR R01DE028154, NIDCR R01DE028154)
Article History
Received: 24 January 2022
Accepted: 30 August 2022
First Online: 27 September 2022
Declarations
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: Before the commencement of the study, ethical approvals from the Institutional review boards at UBTH (ADM/E22/AVOL.VII/14713, 31/1/2019), University of Maryland Baltimore (HP-00084081) and Rutgers State University of New Jersey (Pro2019002047), were obtained. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. All the study activities, benefits/risks of voluntary participation, and withdrawal from the study were verbally communicated to parents/guardians or caregivers in English and or pidgin English. To confirm comprehension questions were asked, then written informed consent was obtained before recruitment.
: Written informed consent was obtained from parents/guardians or caregivers that data obtained from the study will be published.
: All authors have no competing interest to declare.