Demand-based water options for arsenic mitigation: An experience from rural Bangladesh

Public Health

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-77

  Hoque, B A ^a   Hoque, M M ^b   Ahmed, T ^a   Islam, S ^a   Azad, A K ^a   Ali, N ^c   Hossain, M ^a   Hossain, M S ^a  

^a Environment and Pollution Research Centre   (Bangladesh)

^b BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c Syngenta Bangladesh Limited   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; RAIN; SURFACE WATER; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC; HEALTH RISK; RURAL AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; COST; EXPERIENCE; EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FLUID INTAKE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNOLOGY; TUBE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRINAGAR;

EID: 0346888607     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(03)00135-5     Document Type: Article

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