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Iran J Public Healthjournal_title
Iranian journal of public healthauthors
Hosseini G,Sarkari B,Moshfe A,Motazedian MH,Abdolahi Khabisi Ssubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-11-01 00:00:00pages
1520-5issue
11eissn
2251-6085issn
2251-6093journal_volume
44pub_type
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