About the Authors
- Rachel M. Amiya
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* E-mail: rachel.amiya@gmail.com
Affiliation Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Krishna C. Poudel
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Affiliation Department of Public Health, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar
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Affiliation Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
- Basu D. Pandey
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Affiliation Everest International Clinic and Research Center, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Masamine Jimba
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Affiliation Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RMA KCP KPT. Performed the experiments: RMA KCP KPT BDP. Analyzed the data: RMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BDP. Wrote the paper: RMA. Lead investigator on the Healthy Living Intervention Study of which the present study constituted the baseline phase: KCP. Contributed substantially to manuscript revisions: RMA KCP KPT MJ. Monitored and supervised study progress: MJ.