Contributors
Malshani Lakshika Pathirathna:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6898-5315
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: Writing
– original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Buddhini Piumi Pabasara. Samarasekara:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4097-171X
Role: Investigation
Charitha Mendis: Role: Investigation
Chandraratne Mahinda Bandara Dematawewa: Role: Funding acquisitionRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Kayako Sekijima: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review &
editing
Mieko Sadakata: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – review & editing
Yoshiyuki Muramatsu: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – review & editing
Naoshi Fujiwara: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – review & editing
Oyelola A. Adegboye: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
19
August
2022
Publication date Collection: 2022
Volume: 17
Issue: 8
Electronic Location Identifier: e0272641
Affiliations
[1
]
Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, University of Peradeniya,
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
[2
]
Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, University
of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
[3
]
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri
Lanka
[4
]
Graduate School of Health Sciences, Niigata University, Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku,
Niigata, Japan
James Cook University, AUSTRALIA
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Buddhini Piumi Pabasara. Samarasekara
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4097-171X
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-22-03322
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272641
PMC ID: 9390888
PubMed ID: 35984839
SO-VID: e541feb8-59c6-46c7-9941-cdc0d0a59daf
Copyright © © 2022 Pathirathna et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
History
Date
received
: 2
February
2022
Date
accepted
: 22
July
2022
Page count
Figures: 1,
Tables: 3,
Pages: 10
Funding
Funded by:
funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100008907, University of Peradeniya;
Award ID: URG/2018/AHS/06
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6898-5315
Malshani Lakshika Pathirathna
The project was funded by the University Research Grant 2018 (URG/2018/AHS/06) of
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
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Materials
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Fuels
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Hematology
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Anemia
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Biochemistry
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Proteins
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Psychology
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Anatomy
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Blood
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Physiology
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