Marwan Shawwra, Parinaaz Bains, Mariam Mohamed, and Joshya Mudaliar
Christ University

MLA 8
Bains, Parinaaz. "Environmental Justice in the Global South: Investigating the Links Between Green Space Decline and Respiratory Health Disparities in Mumbai and Cairo." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 10, no. 12, Dec. 2025, pp. 6863-6879, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2025.v10i12.043. Accessed Dec. 2025.
APA 6
Bains, P. (2025, December). Environmental Justice in the Global South: Investigating the Links Between Green Space Decline and Respiratory Health Disparities in Mumbai and Cairo. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 10(12), 6863-6879. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2025.v10i12.043
Chicago
Bains, Parinaaz. "Environmental Justice in the Global South: Investigating the Links Between Green Space Decline and Respiratory Health Disparities in Mumbai and Cairo." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 10, no. 12 (December 2025), 6863-6879. Accessed December, 2025. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2025.v10i12.043.

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