Islam, Fazila
Ghaffar, Abdul
Islam, Tahir
Sharma, Satish
Kincl, Tomas
Hameed, Zahid
Article History
Accepted: 23 September 2024
First Online: 28 October 2024
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the University of Karachi and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: All participants provided written informed consent prior to their involvement in the study, and the study protocol was approved by the University of Karachi, Ethics Review Board.
: The authors declare no competing interests.The authors attest that the manuscript is an original work, has not been previously published in any other form, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Proper acknowledgment of previous works and contributions of others has been provided.