Arsenic contamination in the Kanker district of central-east India: Geology and health effects

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 409-420

  Pandey, P K ^a   Sharma, R ^a   Roy, M ^a   Roy, S ^b   Pandey, M ^a  

^a BHILAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenical diarrhoea; Arsenopyrite and manganese; Bio indicator; Ground and surface water contamination

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; BIOINDICATOR; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KANKER; MADHYA PRADESH; SOUTH ASIA;

ELODEA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 33749164778     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-005-9039-4     Document Type: Article

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