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Received: 2021/03/16 | Accepted: 2021/05/14 | Published: 2021/09/11
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Psychiatric Disorder and Quality of Life in Female Survivors of the Iran-Iraq war; Three Decades after Injuries
Authors B. Mousavi *1, M. Asgari2, M. Soroush3, A. Montazeri4
1- Prevention Department, Janbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center (JMERC), Tehran, Iran , mousavi.b@gmail.com
2- Statistic Department, Janbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center (JMERC), Tehran, Iran
3- Janbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center (JMERC), Tehran, Iran
4- Mental Health Research Group, Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research, Tehran, Iran
* Corresponding Author Address: No.17, Farokh st, Moghadas Ardebili st, Yaman st,Chamran Ave. Tehran, Iran.
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War [MeSH], Female [MeSH], Mental Health [MeSH], Quality of Life [MeSH]
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