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. 2019 Mar 6;14(3):e0213352. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213352

Table 2. Country characteristics and country income levels of the included studies.

Region Number of studies
Asia 15  
China 11  [2535]
Taiwan 2  [17,36]
Cambodia 1  [38]
Thailand 1  [37]
Europe 11  
Norway 3  [18,39,40]
Lithuania 1  [41]
Sweden 1  [19]
Italia 1  [42]
Ireland 1  [43]
Switzerland 2  [20,45]
United Kingdom 1  [21]
Multi-countries 1  [44]
North America 5  
USA 4  [22,5153]
Canada 1  [54]
Middle East 5  
Iran 4  [4649]
Saudi Arabia 1  [50]
Africa 3  
Nigeria 3  [23,55,56]
Australia 1  [24]
Latin America 1  [57]
Country income level      
High-income 18 [1822,24,3945,5054]
Middle-income 23  
Upper Middle-income 19  [17,2537,4649,57]
Lower Middle-income 4 [23,38, 55,56]
Low-income 0  
Total 41