Impact of safe water for drinking and cooking on five arsenic-affected families for 2 years in West Bengal, India

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 218, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 185-201

  Mandal, B K ^c   Chowdhury, T R ^c   Samanta, G ^c   Mukherjee, D P ^a,c   Chanda, C R ^c   Saha, K C ^b,c   Chakraborti, D ^c  

^a CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD   (India)

^b CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic in urine (metabolites); Contamination from other sources; Dermatological features; Groundwater arsenic contamination; Hair; Nails; Study group drinking safe water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MALE; NAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; CHILD; COOKERY; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0032581418     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00220-4     Document Type: Article

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