Karim, Bushra Ahmed https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4311-5388
Mahmood, Gauhar
Sheikh, Salim https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6281-9386
Article History
Received: 3 July 2024
Accepted: 9 September 2024
First Online: 17 September 2024
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. Our study conformed to the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, revised in 2013. The ethical code followed was the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research on Human Participants 2017. The study participants were provided with participant information sheet in bilingual format (English and Hindi). They were enrolled only after their written informed consent for the study participation and publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.