Farzaneh Dehghani1 , * , Azadeh Rahavi1 , Reza Bidaki1 , 2 Department of Psychiatry, Research Center of Addiction and Behavioral Sciences, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran2 Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran* Corresponding Author: Department of Psychiatry, Research Center of…
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