Arsenic concentrations in rice, vegetables, and fish in Bangladesh: A preliminary study

Environment International

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 383-387

  Das, H K ^a   Mitra, A K ^b   Sengupta, P K ^c   Hossain, A ^d   Islam, F ^e   Rabbani, G H ^f  

^a University of Southern Mississippi ^*  (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^d General Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^e Aftab Biotech Laboratory   (Bangladesh)

^f ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Contamination; Food; Groundwater; Soil; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; IRRIGATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; ARSINE; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BANGLADESH; COLOCASIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GEOGRAPHY; GRAIN; HEALTH HAZARD; IPOMOEA; PLANT STEM; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SOIL ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; IPOMOEA; OPHICEPHALUS; ORYZA SATIVA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 1242286402     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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