Published date: Feb 18 2022

Journal Title: International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine

Issue title: International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine (IJRM): Volume 20, Issue No. 1

Pages: 65-67

DOI: 10.18502/ijrm.v20i1.10237

Mojtaba KeikhaDepartment of Public Health, Sirjan School of Medical Sciences, Sirjan, Iran.

Shayesteh JahanfarDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, USA.

Zeinab Hematiz.hemate@gmail.comDepartment of Pediatrics and Neonatal Nursing, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

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