Household Overcrowding in Iran, a Low-middle-income Country: How Major of a Public Health Concern Is It? |
Hosseini, Leila Jansar
(Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University)
Samadi, Ali Hussein (Department of Economics, Shiraz University) Woldemichael, Abraha (School of Public Health, Mekelle University College of Health Sciences) Gharebelagh, Masoumeh Najafi (Ministry of Health and Medical Education) Rezaei, Satar (Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences) Rad, Enayatollah Homaie (Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences) |
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