Akhtari-Zavare, Mehrnoosh
Mohd-Sidik, Sherina
Periasamy, Ummavathy
Rampal, Lekhraj
Fadhilah, Siti Irma
Mahmud, Rozi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Geran Universiti Putra Malaysia Fasa 2-2014 (UPM/700-2/1/GP-P1/2014/9449800)
Article History
Received: 3 August 2017
Accepted: 30 July 2018
First Online: 13 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The protocol of study was approved by Medical Ethics Committee (MREC), Ministry of Health, Malaysia, National Medical Research Registry (NMRR), Universiti Pura Malaysia Ethics Committee (JKEUPM) as well as the Hospital Directors of the selected government hospitals. Written consent was obtained from all patients before they were enrolled in the study.
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