Nkiruka Rose Ukibe:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4244-4892
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Project administrationRole: SoftwareRole:
VisualizationRole: Writing – original draft
Solomon Nwabueze Ukibe: Role: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Obiageli Fidelia Emelumadu: Role: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole: Resources
Chinedum Charles Onyenekwe: Role: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Joseph Eberendu Ahaneku: Role: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Anthony Osita Igwegbe: Role: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole: Resources
Ifeoma Nwamaka Monago: Role: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole: Resources
Amobi Linus Ilika: Role: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole: Resources
Jean-Marc A. Lobaccaro: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
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Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
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)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
19
July
2017
Publication date Collection: 2017
Volume: 12
Issue: 7
Electronic Location Identifier: e0176361
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe
University, Nnewi Campus, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria
[2
]
Department of Prosthesis and Orthotics, School of Health Technology, Federal University
of Technology Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
[3
]
Depatment of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University,
Nnewi, Anambra, State Nigeria
[4
]
Department of Chemical pathology, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University,
Nnewi Campus, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria
[5
]
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe
University, Nnewi Campus, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria
[6
]
Department of Medical Services, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, Nigeria
Universite Clermont Auvergne, FRANCE
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared no competing interests exist.
‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176361
PMC ID: 5516981
PubMed ID: 28723963
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ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4244-4892
Nkiruka Rose Ukibe
This work was funded by TETFUND through Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
ETF/ES/NAUNIV/AWKA/VOL.1.
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