Ameen, Sozan K.
Alalaf, Shahla Kareem
Shabila, Nazar P.
Article History
Received: 24 September 2017
Accepted: 11 December 2018
First Online: 18 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Approval to conduct the study was obtained from the Research Ethics Committees of the Kurdistan Board of Medical Specialties. Permission was also given by the hospital administrators. The protocol and importance of the study were explained to the mothers before study recruitment, and their written informed consent was obtained to use the data for publication. Participation in the study was voluntary. The study did not involve any harmful procedures to the participant. All information about patients was kept confidential, including non-disclosure of patients’ identities in patient records that were available for review.
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