Alipour Nosrani, Esmail
Majd, Maryam
Bazshahi, Elham
Mohtashaminia, Fatemeh
Moosavi, Hanieh
Ramezani, Reza
Shahinfar, Hossein
Djafari, Farhang
Shab-Bidar, Sakineh
Djazayery, Abolghassem
Article History
Received: 4 July 2022
Accepted: 19 December 2022
First Online: 27 December 2022
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.The sample collection was facilitated by the coordination of the Health Bureau of the Municipality of Tehran and the cooperation of the health care centers of Tehran. The ethical committee of the Islamic Azad University- Science and Research Branch approved the study protocol and informed consent form (Ethic Number: IR.IAU.SRB.REC.1400.141). All patients received written information regarding the background and procedures of the study and gave written informed consent prior to entering the study.
: Not applicable.
: All authors declared that they have no personal or financial conflicts of interest.