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Mental Health, Religion & Culture Volume 21, 2018 - Issue 9-10: Special Issue: Assessment of mental health, religion and culture: the development and examination of psychometric measures (Part IV). Guest Editor: Christopher Alan Lewis
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Construction and validation of the Urban Quality of Life Scale with Islamic dimensions among Iranians

Maryam AlaghebandSocial Determinant of Health Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, IranORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9003-4663View further author information
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Seyed Saeed Mazloomy MahmoodabadSocial Determinant of Health Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
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Seyed Mojtaba Yassini ArdekaniSocial Determinant of Health Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, IranView further author information
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Hossein FallahzadehSocial Determinant of Health Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, IranView further author information
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Mohammad Reza RezaeibSocial Determinant of Health Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, IranView further author information
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Mohammad Reza YavariSocial Determinant of Health Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, IranView further author information
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Jafar Amin MoghadamSocial Determinant of Health Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, IranView further author information
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Pages 855-866 | Received 26 Feb 2018, Accepted 04 Mar 2018, Published online: 20 Apr 2018

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