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Farrukh, Sadia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2424-0477
Baig, Saeeda
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Higher Education Commision, Pakistan (20 15896/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2021)
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Article History
Received: 30 June 2025
Accepted: 12 September 2025
First Online: 30 October 2025
Declarations
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: The study was performed following the Declaration of Helsinki, and approval was obtained from the Ziauddin University Ethical Review Board (Ref No. 3950721SFBC).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants for recruitment in the project, before the sample collection.
: Informed written consent for publication was obtained from all participants.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
