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1 Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
4 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.
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Acknowledgments: The authors of this article express their sincere gratitude to all the personnel of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences urban health care centers for their cooperation and participation.
Availability of data and materials: The dataset used for analysis during the current study is available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Conflicts of interest: Not applicable.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study protocol was approved by the Vice Chancellor for Research of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (Ethics code: IR.MUMS.FHMPM.REC.1401.213). The participants provided written informed consent and were assured of data confidentiality. All procedures performed in our study involving human participants were by the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and the 1964 Helsinki Declaration.
Funding: Not Found.
Authors’ contribution: F.S & N.P: proposed the idea for the project. E.M & H.R collected the data. F.N & R.Y: Prepared tables and performed data analysis. F.S wrote the initial manuscript & performed the scientific and writing editing. All authors reviewed the results and participated in the final manuscript.
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