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The Estimated Prevalence of Autism in School-Aged Children Living in Rural Nepal Using a Population-Based Screening Tool

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3610-1

Published Online: 2018-05-31

Published Print: 2018-10

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Authors

Heys, Michelle http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1458-505X
Gibbons, Felicity

Haworth, Ed

Medeiros, Emilie

Tumbahangphe, Kirti Man

Wickenden, Mary

Shrestha, Merina

Costello, Anthony

Manandhar, Dharma

Pellicano, Elizabeth
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Wellcome Trust (085417/Z/08/Z)

Research Trainees Coordinating Centre

Institute of Education (IOE)/UCL Strategic Partnership Incubator Fund

Leverhulme Trust
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First Online: 31 May 2018

Compliance with Ethical Standards

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: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

: Ethical approval was obtained from the University College London ethics committee (Project ID: 5143/002) and the Nepal Health Research Council (Reg.no.L99/2OL3). All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the university and the Nepali national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

: All participants gave informedverbalconsent prior to participation, which is more culturally appropriate in this setting than written consent and suited to the low educational achievement/level and literacy rates of the participants.