Social Media: An Opportunity for Developing Countries to Change Healthy Behaviors

Document Type : Letter to Editor

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1 Public Health Department, Public Health Faculty, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
2 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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