Knowledge, attitude and practice of wearing mask in the population presenting to tertiary hospitals in a developing country

Shumaila Furnaz; Natasha Baig; Sajjad Ali; Sahar Rizwan; Uzzam Ahmed Khawaja; Muhammad Abdullah Usman; Muhammad Tanzeel Ul Haque; Ayesha Rizwan; Farheen Ali; Musa Karim

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0265328

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of wearing mask in the population presenting to tertiary hospitals in a developing country

Shumaila Furnaz ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: shumailafurnaz41@gmail.com

Affiliation National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Karachi, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2737-235X

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Natasha Baig,

Roles Data curation, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Ziauddin Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Sajjad Ali,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Software

Affiliation Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8024-5942

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Sahar Rizwan,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Validation

Affiliation Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-3330

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Uzzam Ahmed Khawaja,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization

Affiliation Jinnah Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan
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Muhammad Abdullah Usman,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
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Muhammad Tanzeel Ul Haque,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Visualization

Affiliation Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
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Ayesha Rizwan,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Validation

Affiliation Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8783-3093

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Farheen Ali,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization

Affiliation National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Karachi, Pakistan
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Musa Karim

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation

Affiliation National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Karachi, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7941-8191

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of wearing mask in the population presenting to tertiary hospitals in a developing country

Shumaila Furnaz,
Natasha Baig,
Sajjad Ali,
Sahar Rizwan,
Uzzam Ahmed Khawaja,
Muhammad Abdullah Usman,
Muhammad Tanzeel Ul Haque,
Ayesha Rizwan,
Farheen Ali,
Musa Karim

Published: March 10, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265328

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