Arsenic contamination in ground water and arsenicosis in Bangladesh

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 271-276

  Ahmad, S K Akhtar ^a   Bandaranayake, Don ^b   Khan, Abdul Wadud ^a   Hadi, S K Abdul ^a   Uddin, Gias ^a   Halim, M D Abdul ^a  

^a National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

^b WHO ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenicosis; Ground water; Human health

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC CONTAMINANTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEPIGMENTATION; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BANGLADESH, NEWABGONJ DISTRICT, RAJARAMPUR;

EID: 0031461426     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603129773724     Document Type: Article

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