Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Pakistan: The paradigm of confidence, convenience, and complacency; A cross-sectional study

Naveen Siddique Sheikh; Mumtaz Touseef; Riddah Sultan; Kanwal Hassan Cheema; Sidra Shafiq Cheema; Afia Sarwar; Haniya Zainab Siddique

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0289678

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Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Pakistan: The paradigm of confidence, convenience, and complacency; A cross-sectional study

Naveen Siddique Sheikh ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: naveen.s.sheikh@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Pathology, CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry (NUMS), Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8549-2029

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Mumtaz Touseef,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry (NUMS), Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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Riddah Sultan,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry (NUMS), Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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Kanwal Hassan Cheema,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry (NUMS), Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9851-1065

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Sidra Shafiq Cheema,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry (NUMS), Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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Afia Sarwar,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry (NUMS), Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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Haniya Zainab Siddique

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering (IESE), National University Of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
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Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Pakistan: The paradigm of confidence, convenience, and complacency; A cross-sectional study

Naveen Siddique Sheikh,
Mumtaz Touseef,
Riddah Sultan,
Kanwal Hassan Cheema,
Sidra Shafiq Cheema,
Afia Sarwar,
Haniya Zainab Siddique

Published: August 16, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289678
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