Eghbali, Maryam
Alaei-Shahmiri, Fariba
Hashemi-Madani, Nahid
Emami, Zahra
Mostafavi, Ladan
Malek, Mojtaba
Khamseh, Mohammad E. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4313-8440
Article History
Received: 17 October 2023
Accepted: 5 December 2023
First Online: 4 January 2024
Declarations
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: Maryam Eghbali, Fariba Alaei-Shahmiri, Nahid Hashemi-Madani, Zahra Emami, Ladan Mostafavi, Mojtaba Malek and Mohammad E. Khamseh have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
: The study protocol was approved by the Iran University of Medical Science ethics committee (Approval code IR.IUMS.REC.1401.126). This approval covered all sites involved in this study. Informed consent was obtained from the participants. This included the consent to publish all relevant results, maintaining data confidentiality. This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.