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Research Article

Physical activity of the civilian chemical victims of Sardasht 20 years after sulfur mustard exposure

Zeinab GhazanfariDepartment of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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Tooba GhazanfariCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Hassan AraghizadehBaqiyatallah Medical Sciences University of Tehran, Iran
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Mohammad Reza SoroushJanbazan Medical and Engineering Research Center (JMERC), Tehran, Iran
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Roya Yaraee
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Mohammad Reza Vaez MahdaviDepartment of Physiology, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
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Ashraf PirastehDepartment of Health, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
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Zuhair Mohammad HassanDepartment of Immunology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Abbas ForoutanDepartment of Physiology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Massoumeh EbtejarDepartment of Immunology, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Mohammad Mehdi NaghizadehImmunoregulation Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
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Sulayman GhaderiChemical Victims’ Clinic of Sardasht, Sardasht, West Azarbaijan Province, Iran
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Sakine MoaiedmohseniMedical Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
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Soghrat FaghihzadehDepartment of Biostatistics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Pages 48-53 | Received 03 Sep 2008, Accepted 13 Dec 2008, Published online: 01 Feb 2009

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