Foroughi, Fariba
Khatami, Maryam
Maleki, Saeed
Article History
Received: 25 July 2025
Accepted: 15 April 2026
First Online: 20 April 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with local institutional policies and ethical standards. According to these policies and the opinion of the Ethics Committee in Biomedical Research of the Faculties of Sciences of the University of Tehran (IR.UT.SCIENCE.REC), formal ethical approval was not required for this research, as it involved minimal risk and did not include sensitive personal data. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to their involvement in the study. No participants under the age of 18 were involved in this study.
: All participants provided written consent for the anonymized information they shared to be published in this manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.