Bano, Nikhat https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2959-3949
Shamim, Syed Kausar https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9128-7120
Alam, Mohd.
Khalid, Waiza
Ahmad, Ateeque https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3663-7105
Article History
Received: 21 November 2025
Accepted: 17 April 2026
First Online: 25 April 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical clearance for the study was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (INDIA), following the ICMR National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Health research involving Human Participants. Informed consent was obtained from all the individual participants for participation in this study.
: We would like to have the manuscript considered for publications in Discover Cities . All authors have approved the manuscript and agree with its submission.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
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