Protocol Design for Surveillance of Risk Factors of Non–communicable Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Experience from Iran STEPS Survey 2021

Shirin Djalalinia ^1,2 , Sina Azadnajafabad ¹ , Erfan Ghasemi ¹ , Moein Yoosefi ¹ , Negar Rezaei ^1,3 , Yosef Farzi ¹ , Ameneh Kazemi ¹, Naser Ahmadi ¹ , Maryam Nasserinejad ^1,4 , Nima Fattahi ¹ , Shahabeddin Rezaei ^1,5, Elham Abdolhamidi ¹, Elmira Foroutan Mehr ¹, Rosa Haghshenas ¹, Nazila Rezaei ¹, Jaleh Abdi ⁶, Alireza Moghisi ⁷, Alireza Mahdavihezaveh ⁷, Ali Akbari Sari ^6,8, Alireza Raeisi ^7,9, Hamidreza Jamshidi ¹⁰, Bagher Larijani ³, Farshad Farzadfar ^1,3 *

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