About the Authors
- Mehdi Javanbakht
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* E-mail: m.javanbakht@abdn.ac.uk
Affiliation Health Economics Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Atefeh Mashayekhi
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Affiliation Endocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Hamid R. Baradaran
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Affiliation Endocrine Research Center, Institute of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- AliAkbar Haghdoost
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Affiliation Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
- Ashkan Afshin
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Affiliation Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MJ HB AAH. Analyzed the data: MJ HB AM AA AAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJ HB AA. Wrote the paper: MJ AM HB AAH AA.