Water consumption patterns in rural Bangladesh: Are we underestimating total arsenic load?

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-436

  Milton, Abul Hasnat ^a   Rahman, Habibur ^b   Smith, Wayne ^a   Shrestha, Rupendra ^c   Dear, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Arsenic Cell   (Bangladesh)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Water consumption; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BATH; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; BATHS; BODY WEIGHT; COOKERY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845464277     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2006.010     Document Type: Article

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