Arsenic groundwater contamination and its health effects in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) in upper and middle Ganga plain, India: A severe danger

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 370, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 310-322

  Ahamed, Sad ^a   Kumar Sengupta, Mrinal ^a   Mukherjee, Amitava ^a   Amir Hossain, M ^a   Das, Bhaskar ^a   Nayak, Bishwajit ^a   Pal, Arup ^a   Chandra Mukherjee, Subhas ^b   Pati, Shyamapada ^c   Nath Dutta, Rathindra ^c   Chatterjee, Garga ^b   Mukherjee, Adreesh ^b   Srivastava, Rishiji ^d   Chakraborti, Dipankar ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d S M M Town P G College   (India)

Author keywords

Affected children; Arsenic poisoning; Arsenical skin lesions; Groundwater; Neurotoxicity; Reproductive toxicity; Uttar Pradesh, India

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED CHILDREN; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENICAL SKIN LESIONS; NEUROTOXICITY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH CARE; TOXICITY;

CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KERATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOSIS; NEUROPATHY; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENICALS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INDIA; KERATOSIS; MALE; MELANOSIS; NAILS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

BALLIA;

EID: 33749481234     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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