Development of arsenic testing field kit - A tool for rapit on-site screening of arsenic contaminated water sources

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 93-101

  Deshpande, Leena S ^a   Pande, Sunil P ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Field kit; Ground water

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; WATER;

ARSENIC POISONING; FIELD TESTING; WATER SOURCES;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; FIELD METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SAMPLING; TESTING METHOD; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 14944345353     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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