Miteniece, Elina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3804-7221
Pavlova, Milena
Shengelia, Lela
Rechel, Bernd
Groot, Wim
Article History
Received: 13 October 2017
Accepted: 30 July 2018
First Online: 13 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval of the study was obtained from the Bioethical Committee of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia prior to data collection in April, 2015.Every participant gave a consent before taking part in this study. Focus group discussion participants gave an oral consent while in-depth interview participants provided a written consent.
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