The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic and Challenges for Compliance with Health Protocols Among Healthcare Providers

Mehran Rostami; Aboubakr Neshati-Khorram

doi:10.5812/ijhls.108703

The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic and Challenges for Compliance with Health Protocols Among Healthcare Providers

authors:

Mehran Rostami ^{1
, *} , Aboubakr Neshati-Khorram ²

1 Deputy of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

2 Deputy of Treatment, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran

International Journal of Health and Life Sciences: Vol.7, issue 3; e108703

published online: September 25, 2020

article type: Letter

received: August 21, 2020

revised: September 7, 2020

accepted: September 15, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhls.108703

how to cite: Rostami M, Neshati-Khorram A. The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic and Challenges for Compliance with Health Protocols Among Healthcare Providers. J Health Rep Technol. 2021;7(3):e108703. https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhls.108703.

Keywords

COVID-19 Iran Health Protocols

Footnotes

Authors' Contribution: MR and ANK equally contributed in this work.
Conflict of Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Funding/Support: The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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