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Article History

Received: 14 March 2023

Accepted: 16 October 2024

First Online: 28 October 2024

Declarations

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: Ethics approval for this study was provided by the Research Ethics Committee of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Approval Number IR.MAZUMS.REC.14018820. All experiments and methods were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The study was performed in accordance with the ethical guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association for medical studies. The research design procedures were reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. The study was conducted Informed consent was obtained from a parent/guardian and assent was obtained from all participants prior to undergoing research. All participants in this study consented for themselves and provided verbal consent. Verbal consent was approved because the research presented no more than minimal risk of harm to subjects and involved no procedures for which written consent is normally required outside of the research context. The verbal consent procedure was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Ministry of Health.

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: The authors declare no competing interests.