Spatial variability of arsenic in 6000 tube wells in a 25 km2 area of Bangladesh

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Van Geen, A ^a   Zheng, Y ^a,b   Versteeg, R ^a,c   Stute, M ^a,d   Horneman, A ^a,e   Dhar, R ^b   Steckler, M ^a   Gelman, A ^f   Small, C ^a   Ahsan, H ^g   Graziano, J H ^g   Hussain, I ^h   Ahmed, K M ⁱ  

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

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^e Natl Inst of Prev and Social Med ^*  (United States)

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

^g NONE   (United States)

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

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Groundwater; Tube well

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GEOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

AQUIFERS;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER SUPPLY; WELL WATER;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 12144289075     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001617     Document Type: Article

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