Ramadan Fasting in SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Mojtaba Akbari; Arefe Khaksar Jalali; Hossein Ansari; Noureddin Soltanian

doi:10.5812/jhealthscope.105045

Ramadan Fasting in SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic

authors:

Mojtaba Akbari ¹ , Arefe Khaksar Jalali ² , avatar Hossein Ansari ³ , Noureddin Soltanian ^{1
, *}

1 Isfahan Endocrine and Metabolism Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

2 Faculty of Medical Sciences and Technologies, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran

Health Scope: Vol.9, issue 3; e105045

published online: August 26, 2020

article type: Letter

received: May 25, 2020

revised: June 16, 2020

accepted: June 24, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/jhealthscope.105045

how to cite: Akbari M, Khaksar Jalali A, Ansari H, Soltanian N. Ramadan Fasting in SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Pandemic. Health Scope. 2020;9(3):e105045. https://doi.org/10.5812/jhealthscope.105045.

Keywords

Ramadan Fasting SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

Footnotes

Authors' Contribution: All authors contributed to the design, implantation of the research, and to the writing of the manuscript.
Conflict of Interests: Authors have no conflict of interest.
Funding/Support: This study was not supported in any part by grant or by a teaching or research scholarship.

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