Health Promoting Self-Care Behaviors and Its Related Factors in Elderly: Application of Health Belief Model

Mojtaba Azadbakht ¹ , Gholamreza Garmaroodi ¹, Parisa Taheri Tanjani ² * , Robab Sahaf ³, Davood Shojaeizade ¹, Elham Gheisvandi ¹

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