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Rahimi
Jami University
AF
dr.rahimi@outlook.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5821-9177
<p>Scientific Research Center, Jami University, Herat, Afghanistan</p>
<p>And Faculty of Medicine, Herat University, Herat, Afghanistan</p>
Shabanah
Noorzai
Herat University
AF
dr.rahimi@outlook.com
https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0354-7850
<p>Faculty of Medicine, Herat University, Herat, Afghanistan</p>
Nasar Ahmad
Shayan
Western University
CA
dr.rahimi@outlook.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8857-7765
<p>Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada</p>
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