Ahmad, Norliza
Shariff, Zalilah Mohd
Mukhtar, Firdaus
Lye, Munn-Sann
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universiti Putra Malaysia (GP-IPS/2013/9398400)
Article History
Received: 26 March 2018
Accepted: 10 July 2018
First Online: 2 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Medical Research Ethics Committee for Human Research, Universiti Putra Malaysia (Ref: UPM/TNCPI/RMC/1.4.18.1 (JKEUPM)/F2). Approvals were also received from Ministry of Education, State Education Office, District Education Office and Headmaster of each school. All parents were given the respondents’ information and consent forms that clearly explained the study prior to recruitment. Parents also provided consent on behalf of their children to participate in this study.
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