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THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF DETERIORATION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESULTED IN WATER POLLUTION A CASE STUDY N AL-SHARQIA GOVERNORATE

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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This study drives at examining the economic impacts of public health deterioration resulted in water pollution and the impact of using these waters on health; since the study shows that Sharqia governorate suffers from serious quantative and qualitative water problems, causing multiple diseases for residents including the following diseases: kidney Failure, Ameba, Typhoid  and Liver Infection. The study counts on the descriptive-analytical method to form the theoretical framework. Data are collected from a questionnaire form as the main research tool. The study sample is consisting from (200) items, selected randomly from the out-patients of the clinics of the Family Medicine Units in Sharqia governorate to check validity of the research hypotheses.
The SPSS statistical program is used to input, treat, and analyze data. The study comes to several results as follows: there is a direct relationship between water pollution and catching diseases. There is also a reverse relationship between catching diseases and other factors (the environmental awareness level – the educational level – the living level – quality of water). There is a reverse correlation between water pollution and achieving economic objectives. The research recommends providing a health drainage systems and treatment stations of these systems for resolving the problems concerned with water pollution, using also other sterilization systems besides chlorine to guarantee better sterilization of waters. There should be committees on ministries, governorates, centers, and villages' level adopting prevalence of health culture between citizens and exposing to them the impact of water pollution on their public health.
 
 
 

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10.21608/jes.2018.22679

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Mandour,

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A. F.

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Faculty of Commerce, Ain Shams University

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Awad Allah,

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Hala, I.

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Institute of Environmental Studies & Research, Ain Shams UniversitY

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Abd Allah,

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N. A.

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Egyptian Capriole Company

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Mohamed,

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M. T.

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42

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3

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4170

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2018-06-01

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2018-06-23

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2018-06-01

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289

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322

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1110-0826

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2636-3178

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599

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Journal of Environmental Science

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THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF DETERIORATION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESULTED IN WATER POLLUTION A CASE STUDY N AL-SHARQIA GOVERNORATE

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22 Jan 2023