Access to drinking-water and arsenicosis in Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 336-345

  Caldwell, Bruce K ^a   Smith, Wayne T ^b   Lokuge, Kamalini ^a   Ranmuthugala, Geetha ^c   Dear, Keith ^a   Milton, Abul H ^b   Sim, Malcolm R ^c   Ng, Jack C ^d   Mitra, S N ^e  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e Mitra and Associates   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenicosis; Bangladesh; Diarrhoea; Drinking water; Safe water; Tubewells; Water pollution; Water supply; Water testing

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33947400603     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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