Toorang, Fatemeh
Seyyedsalehi, Monireh Sadat
Sasanfar, Bahareh
Rashidian, Hamideh
Hadji, Maryam
Gholipour, Mahin
Marzban, Maryam
Bakhshi, Mahdieh
Rezaianzadeh, Abbas
Boffetta, Paolo
Zendehdel, Kazem
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (1400-2-115-54934)
Article History
Received: 24 January 2024
Accepted: 9 September 2024
First Online: 27 September 2024
Declarations
:
: The ethics committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences has approved this study (no. IR. TUMS.IKHC.REC.1400.314.). No data has been published with the names of the participants.
: It is not applicable because no data has been published on the names of the participants.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All participants signed the informed consent after receiving a full description of the study. The ethics committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences confirmed this study.
: FT and KZ designed the research. MS and MH supervised primary data collection and cleaning. FT analyzed the data and performed the statistical analysis in consultation with BS, PB and HR. FT wrote the draft. MG, MB, MM, and AR took part in designing the mother study and supervised data collections in different provinces. KZ was primarily responsible for the final content, and all authors reviewed and approved the final manuscripts.