Women in Slums: Impact of Environmental Pollution

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This study is an attempt to visualise the conditions of women in degraded environment of slums of Patna, the capital of Bihar. As women are compelled to live in such environment, they are the worst sufferer. It causes them hazards and fatigue, disorder in respiratory systems, irritation is lungs, heart diseases, chest pain, eye irritation, hepatitis, dysenteries, cholera and diarrhoea, nervous tension, cancer, high blood pressure, deafness etc. Pollution also affect seriously the foetus of a women’s womb. Congenital defeets can be caused in an the unborn child too. This book will be highly useful for the scholars of women, studies, environmental pollution. medical profession and government policy makers.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Arti Mishra

Dr. (Mrs.) Arti Mishra (b. 1959) is an M.A. from Patna University, Patna. She is a keen observer of nature and has composed several poems on this theme. She is a noted social workers and is associated with several welfare organizations. She is an arch of Ramachzndra Mission of Patna chapter. She is Zonal Assistant Programme Manager of Sahaj Marg Research and Training Institute.

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Title
Women in Slums: Impact of Environmental Pollution
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8170543835
Length
viii+184p., Tables; Appendices; Bibliography; 22cm.
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