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Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2002 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 8 | Page No.: 822-825
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2002.822.825
Water Pollution and its Effects on Human Health in Rural Areas of Faisalabad
Samina Farid, Mehnaz Gul, Asma Usman and Khuram Iqbal

Abstract: The present study was envisaged to assess the water pollution and its effects on human health in rural areas of Faisalabad. The study was conducted in three villages of Faisalabad district using simple random method. 150 respondents were selected from three villages (i.e. 50 from each village). The data were collected from the rural areas through well structured interviewing schedule by using face to face survey method. The collected data were analyzed by using appropriate statistical techniques.

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Samina Farid, Mehnaz Gul, Asma Usman and Khuram Iqbal, 2002. Water Pollution and its Effects on Human Health in Rural Areas of Faisalabad. Journal of Applied Sciences, 2: 822-825.

Keywords: water pollution, human health and rural areas

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