Direct data manipulation for local decision analysis as applied to the problem of arsenic in drinking water from tube wells in Bangladesh

Risk Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1597-1612

  Gelman, Andrew ^a   Trevisani, Matilde ^b   Lu, Hao ^c   Van Geen, Alexander ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c Thales Corp   (France)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Environmental statistics; Public health; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CLUSTERING METHODS; DATA MANIPULATION; REMEDIAL ACTIONS;

ARSENIC; DATA REDUCTION; POTABLE WATER; RURAL AREAS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER WELLS; WELL DRILLING;

DECISION THEORY;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRILL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALGORITHMS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 10644232762     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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