Arsenic in ground water in six districts of West Bengal, India: The biggest arsenic calamity in the world: Part 2. Arsenic concentration in drinking water, hair, nails, urine, skin-scale and liver tissue (biopsy) of the affected people

Analyst

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 917-924

  Das, Dipankar ^a   Chatterjee, Amit ^a   Mandal, Badal K ^a   Samanta, Gautam ^a   Chakraborti, Dipankar ^a   Chanda, Bhabatosh ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic in water; Flow injection hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry; Ground water arsenic contamination; Hair; Nails; Skin scales and liver tissues; Urine

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INDIA; LIVER; MALE; METHYLATION; NAIL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; URINE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENITES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER; MALE; METHYLATION; MIDDLE AGE; NAILS; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0029267020     PISSN: 00032654     EISSN: 13645528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/AN9952000917     Document Type: Article

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