http://cdjournal.muk.ac.ir/index.php/cdj The Chronic Diseases Journal, a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences since 2013, is certified by the Medical Journals Commission of the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education as a SCIENTIFIC-RESEARCH journal (No. 1392/04/20-15/92/4508) since 2019. It publishes approximately 32-40 research articles and 2-3 review articles annually, with a submission-to-first decision time of 2 days, a submission-to-final decision time of 3 weeks, and an acceptance-to-publication time of 2-10 weeks. Vesnu Publications en-US Chronic Diseases Journal 2588-7297 <p>This work is licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0</a> Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.</p> http://cdjournal.muk.ac.ir/index.php/cdj/article/view/1011 - Babak Ghadirzadeh Pedram Atapour Farhang Safarnejad-Shalmani Khaled Rahmani Copyright (c) 2024 Chronic Diseases Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 2025-09-15 2025-09-15