Bazrafshani, Maliheh Sadat
Mehmandoost, Soheil
Tavakoli, Fatemeh
Shahesmaeili, Armita
Ghalekhani, Nima
Sharafi, Heidar
SeyedAlinaghi, SeyedAhmad
Haghdoost, Aliakbar
Karamouzian, Mohammad
Sharifi, Hamid
Funding for this research was provided by:
Center for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention of Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education and the National Institute for Medical Research Development (NIMAD 973382)
Article History
Received: 26 August 2023
Accepted: 6 November 2024
First Online: 13 November 2024
Declarations
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: The protocol of the present study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Kerman University of Medical Sciences (IR.KMU.REC.1397.573). The ethics committee also approved the use of verbal consent. So, before the initiation of the study, participants gave verbal informed consent.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.