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Future Special Issuess/Symposia. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2011;24(4):194.
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for only 74 studies which were included for the final analysis. Among these 74 selected articles, 69 (93.2%) had cross-sectional study design and 5(6.8%) had prospective study design that had not exclude d depression on baseline. Two meta-analysis reports, one by Chen R. et al5 (1999, China) on 10 relevant studies and another by Copeland J.R.M. et al6 (2004, Amsterdam) on 14 relevant studies and also a systematic review report by Beekman A.T. et al7 (1999, Netherlands) on 34relavat studies were included in this meta-analysis project.