High arsenic groundwater: Mobilization, metabolism and mitigation - An overview in the Bengal Delta Plain

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 347-355

  Bhattacharyya, Rupa ^a,b   Chatterjee, Debashis ^a   Nath, Bibhash ^a   Jana, Joydev ^a   Jacks, Gunnar ^b   Vahter, Marie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alternative source; Arsenic exposure and metabolism; Health effects and drinking water standard; High arsenic groundwater

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; INDIA; METABOLISM; MOBILIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIA; SKIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0142150151     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026001024578     Document Type: Review

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