Chairman

Taghi Riahi, MD, Assistant Professor

Editor-in-Chief

Abdoljalal Marjani, PhD, Professor

Managing Editor

Marie Saghaeian Jazi, PhD, Assistant Professor

Editorial Board

Manouchehr Amini, MD, Associate Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Taghi Amiriani, MD, Assistant Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, MD, Professor, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Shahram Bahmanyar, PhD, Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Sepideh Bakhshandeh-Nosrat, MD, Associate Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Mohammad Jafar Golalipour, PhD, Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Mehrdad Jahanshahi, PhD, Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Hamid Javadi, MD, Assistant Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Ahmet Kahraman, PhD, Professor, Afyon Kocatepe University, Turkey

Masoud Khoshnia, MD, Assistant Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Vahid Khouri, PhD, Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Reza Malekzadeh, MD, Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Azad Reza Mansourian, PhD, Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Abdoljalal Marjani, PhD, Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Abdolvahab Moradi, PhD, Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Seyed Javad Mowla, PhD, Associate Professor, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran

Akram Pourshams, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Hossein Poustchi, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Tehran University of Medical science, Iran

Durdi Qujeq, PhD, Professor, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Taghi Riahi, MD, Assistant Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Gholamreza Roshandel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Mohsen Saeedi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Marie Saghaeian Jazi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Nahid Sedighi, MD, Associate Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Shahryar Semnani, MD, Associate Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Mohammad Sobhani, MD, Assistant Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Rasoul Sotoudehmanesh, MD, Professor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Farhad Zaker, PhD, Professor, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Statistical Consultant(s)

Gholamreza Roshandel, PhD, Assistant Professor, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Technical Editor, Proofreader

Arash Nikyar, MSc, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Citation Editor

Masoud Mohammadi, MSc, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Office Administrator

Maryam Banisafar, BSc