Environmental Concentrations of Heavy Metals and Their Health Impacts in Swat, Pakistan
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2013
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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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All gratitude and praises to Almighty Allah, the most benevolent, gracious, beneficent, compassionate and ever merciful, who endowed me with the potential and courage to complete this research work.
I feel great delight and happiness in expressing heartfelt gratitude to my research supervisor, Dr. Hizbullah Khan, Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan and co-supervisors, Dr. Yonglong Lu, Professor and Co-Director, Research Centre for Eco-environmental Sciences (RCEES), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China for their motivating and stirring guidance, devotion of time, valuable suggestions and courteous behavior in the completion of this research work.
I am fortunate enough to get kind guidance in my research from Dr. Shahida Zakir, Chairperson, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Dr. Ihsanullah, Director, Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Peshawar, Dr. Sardar Khan, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan, Dr. Luo Wei, Dr. Tieyu Wang, Dr. Yajuan Shi and Dr. Chengfang Pang, Associate Professors, Regional Ecological Risk Assessment and Environmental Management Group, State Key Lab. of Urban and Regional Ecology, RCEES, CAS, Beijing, China whose dignified attitude with highly specialized guidance, skilled advice, encouragement and wisdom made the completion of this work possible.