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Fahs, Iqbal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7012-4859
Kfoury, Riwa https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5843-6885
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Hajj, Aline https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0826-6033
Sacre, Hala https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6547-6251
Salameh, Pascale https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4780-0772
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Article History
Received: 3 October 2025
Accepted: 5 January 2026
First Online: 2 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The Ethics and Research Committee at the Lebanese International University approved the project (Approval number: 2023RC-013-LIUSOP).
: Informed written consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.