Dawood, Muhammad
Ji, Xinran
Shah, Irfan U.
Khan, Niamat
Xue, Shifeng
Saleha, Shamim
Funding for this research was provided by:
This study was supported by the Kohat University of Science & Technology.
A PYP start-up grant from the National University of Singapore
Article History
Received: 7 May 2025
Revised: 7 July 2025
Accepted: 2 August 2025
First Online: 18 August 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests
: The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of Kohat University of Science and Technology (REF:/KUST/Ethical Committee/1050) and IRB of National University of Singapore (N-20-054E). The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed written consent was obtained from the participating members of the families and the parents of the minor children.