Association Between Pollution Caused by Vehicular Emission And Development of Respiratory Diseases Among Traffic Police Personnel of Peshawar City
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https://doi.org/10.37762/jgmds.5-1.10Keywords:
Pollution, Vehicular Emission, Respiratory DiseasesAbstract
OBJECTIVE:
The study aims to find the association between pollution caused by vehicular emission and development of respiratory diseases among traffic police personnel in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. There is no doubt that pollution has damaged the environment but the victim is not the environment only.
METHODOLOGY:
The study included and focused on two variables; one was independent and the other was dependent variable. Therefore, an effort has been made in this research to investigate and evaluate the relationship among the two variables i.e. pollution (independent) and development of respiratory disease (dependent). A questionnaire was distributed among 250 traffic personnel but only 154 became the part of this study because the study included only non-smokers. The questionnaire consisted of 27 questions which comprised of open ended and closed ended questions.
RESULTS:
After gathering the data, correlation was run over the data to find the relationship. It found that there was a positive and significant relationship between pollution emission by vehicles and development of respiratory diseases.
CONCLUSION:
Therefore, hypothesis 1 was accepted and the null hypothesis was rejected.
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