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  1. Department of Neonatology, Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences, Calicut, Kerala, India

    M. R. Anand, Preetha Ramesh & Divia Nath

  2. Department of Pharmacy, Central Institute of Science and Technology (CIST) College, Pokhara University, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Saroj Khatiwada

  3. Department of Biochemistry, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Ghopa, Dharan, Nepal

    Basanta Gelal, Sharad Gautam, Madhab Lamsal & Nirmal Baral

  4. National Institute of Nursing Education (NINE), PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Damanpreet Kaur, Manjula Thakur, Amarjeet Singh & Sushma Kumari Saini

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Anand, M.R., Ramesh, P., Nath, D. et al. Research letters. Indian Pediatr 52, 435–438 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-015-0652-8

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