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Comment
. 2023 Apr 21;28(1):156.
doi: 10.1186/s40001-023-01120-8.

A history of wearing a face mask in ancient Iran

Amir Hossein Jamshidi  1   2 , Hamed Arezaei  2   3 , Bahareh Sadat Yousefsani  1   2 , Majid Dadmehr  4   5
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A history of wearing a face mask in ancient Iran

Amir Hossein Jamshidi et al. Eur J Med Res. .
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Fig. 1
A Zoroastrian priest who wearing a ‘Panām’. The statue is housed in the Museum of Oriental Art in Turin, Italy
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