Seasonal variation of arsenic concentrations in Tubewells in West Bengal, India

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-281

  Savarimuthu, Xavier ^a,c   Hira Smith, Meera M ^b   Yuan, Yan ^b   von Ehrenstein, Ondine S ^b   Das, Subhankar ^c   Ghosh, Nilima ^c   Guha Mazumder, D N ^c   Smith, Allan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenic contamination; Drinking water; India; Seasonal variations; Tubewell; Water pollution; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; SEASON; STANDARD; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INDIA; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33947402237     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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