About the Authors

Sepideh Hejazi

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lung Diseases Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Ali Gholampour Kargar

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Student Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Sahar Ravanshad

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran

Arash Ziaee

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Student Research Committee, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IranIran

Maryam Emadzadeh

Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Mona Kabiri

Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Nanotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Reza Khoshbakht

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Sciences, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Paramedical and Rehabilitation Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad,

Masoumeh Hosseinpoor

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Sinus and Surgical Endoscopic Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Hamed Khosravi

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Industrial & Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown,

Imtiaz Ahmed

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Industrial & Management Systems Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown,

Mehdi Bakhshaee

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

bakhshaeem@mums.ac.ir

Affiliation Sinus and Surgical Endoscopic Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.