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ArticleFrontiers in public health2024

Unveiling Pakistan's transport problems: a call to safeguard public health.

Ashna Habib, Tooba Ali, Zainab Nazir, Fiza Muskan, Ifra Jawed, Aymar Akilimali

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ashna HabibDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Tooba AliDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Zainab NazirDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Fiza MuskanDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Ifra JawedDow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Aymar AkilimaliMedical Research Circle, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Public transportation is an important mode of transportation in developing countries like Pakistan since it is accessible and convenient. But there are also serious health hazards associated with it, especially when it comes to the transmission of infectious diseases including COVID-19, TB, and

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COVID-19Public HealthTransportationHumansPakistanSARS-CoV-2developing countriesinfectious diseasespolicy measurespublic transportationroad safety

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PMID38932765
PMCPMC11199719

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