Firouzbakht, Mojgan
Tirgar, Aram
Hajian-Tilaki, Karimollah
Ebadi, Abbas
Bakouei, Fatemeh
Nikpour, Maryam
Riahi, Mohammad Esmaeil
Funding for this research was provided by:
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Babol university of medical sciences
Article History
Received: 12 March 2018
Accepted: 12 April 2018
First Online: 19 April 2018
Authors’ information
: Mojgan Firouzbakht: PhD Candidate, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol. University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R. Iran; Aram Tirgar: PhD of Occupational Health, Associate Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R. Iran. Karimollah Hajian-Tilaki Professor of Bio-Statistics. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Babol University of Medical Science. Babol, I.R. Iran. Abbas Ebadi: PhD of Nursing, Professor of Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Nursing Faculty, Baqiygatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran; Fatemeh Bakouei, PhD in Reproductive Health, Assistant Professor, Infertility and Health Reproductive Research Center, Health Research Institute, & Department of Midwifery, School of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R. Iran.; Maryam Nikpour: PhD Candidate, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol. University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R. Iran; Mohammad Esmaeil Riahi: Associate Professor in Sociology of Health and Illness, Department of Social Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, I.R. Iran.
: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Babol University of Medical.Sciences, Babol, Iran (Ethics Code: MUBABOL, HRI.REC.1395.84). All participants will be provided with information about the aim of the study and their written consents will be secured.
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