Demirci, Aylin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4759-1990
Kartal, Mehtap
Article History
Received: 18 August 2017
Revised: 2 January 2018
Accepted: 28 January 2018
First Online: 6 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The Non-Interventional Research Ethics Committee of Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine (resolution number 2012/41–01 dated 17.12.2012) approved the study. Necessary permissions were also obtained from the Ministry of Health, Turkish Public Health Institution, and the Governorship of Izmir, Director of Public Health, to conduct the study in primary healthcare centers (PHC). The families and/or primary care physicians of children who were found to be at risk for DD at the end of the evaluation were given additional information about monitoring and further examination. All procedures performed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Due to the nature of the research present, however, no informed consent was required from the individual participating in the study.