Arsenic contamination in parts of Yamuna sub-basin, West Bengal

Indian Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 265-274

  Joshi, Himanshu ^a   Ghosh, A K ^b   Singhal, D C ^a   Kumar, Sudhir ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b State Water Investment/Devmt Dept   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; COAL; COPPER; GOLD; GROUND WATER; IRON DERIVATIVE; LEAD; MINERAL; PYRITE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDIA; INTOXICATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; REDUCTION KINETICS; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; INDIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 3042731515     PISSN: 0367827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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