Water pollution in Pakistan and its impact on public health - A review

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 479-497

  Azizullah, Azizullah ^a   Khattak, Muhammad Nasir Khan ^a   Richter, Peter ^a   Häder, Donat Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health impact; Major pollutants; Pakistan; Sources of pollution; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; OIL SPILLS; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEWAGE; WATER; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; HEALTH IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; MAJOR POLLUTANTS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; PAKISTAN;

WATER POLLUTION;

ACID; ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FLUORIDE; INORGANIC SALT; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; TOXIN; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH IMPACT; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; CHEMICAL WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 78751619168     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.10.007     Document Type: Review

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