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Ghazanfari   S.M. (1)
Yousefi   M. (1)
Feyzabadi   Z. (1)
Saki   A. (2)
Taghipour   A. (2)
Saeedi Nik   A. (3)
Mehri   M.R. (*)






(*) Iranian Traditional Medicine Department, Traditional & Complementary Medicine Faculty, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
(1) Iranian Traditional Medicine Department, Traditional & Complementary Medicine Faculty, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
(2) Epidemiology & Biostatistics Department, Health Faculty, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
(3) Saveh Healthcare Network, Saveh University of Medical Sciences, Saveh, Iran

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Article History

Received:  September  19, 2016
Accepted:  August 4, 2017
ePublished:  September 28, 2017

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