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POLLUTION CAUSING HEALTH DISORDERS IN S.V.NAGAR, TIRUPATI : A CLINICAL SURVEY

Thavamani, Dr. S. “Pollution Causing Health Disorders In S.V.Nagar, Tirupati : A Clinical Survey” in Martin J. Bunch, V. Madha Suresh and T. Vasantha Kumaran, eds., Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Environment and Health, Chennai, India, 15-17 December, 2003. Chennai: Department of Geography, University of Madras and Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University. Pages 577 – 582.

Abstract:

The state of health of the people does not depend on the number of doctors and hospitals only, but also on a clean environment. Ubranization and over population together are making the human environmen, a paradise for infectious agents. They easily attack human health through air, water and food. In the present study, the health disorders caused by environmental pollution were studied in a small colony called S.V. Nagar, Tirupati town to prove the present day conditions of the world scenario by the way of clinical survey. Diarrhoeal diseases and allergic diseases were more frequent. Most of the diseases were linked with water.

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