Ensuring safe drinking water in Bangladesh

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5806, 2006, Pages 1687-1688

  Ahmed, M F ^a   Ahuja, S ^b   Alauddin, M ^c   Hug, S J ^d   Lloyd, J R ^e   Pfaff, A ^f   Pichler, T ^g   Saltikov, C ^h   Stute, M ^i,j   Van Geen, A ^j  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b Ahuja Consulting   (United States)

^c WAGNER COLLEGE   (United States)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^j Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; HEALTH HAZARDS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ARSENIC EXPOSURE; MITIGATION; PERIODIC TESTING; SAFE DRINKING WATER;

POTABLE WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; RAIN;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; BANGLADESH; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33845710647     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1133146     Document Type: Review

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