The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health of Iranian Population.
Introduction: As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic rapidly sweeps across the world, it is inducing a considerable degree of psychological problems, which can affect everyone in the community. This study aimed to compare the severity of the psychological distress in the general populat...
| Published in: | International Journal of Travel Medicine & Global Health Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 19 - 25 |
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Tarbiat Modares University Press
Winter2021
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