Knowledge of arsenic in drinking-water: Risks and avoidance in Matlab, Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 327-335

  Aziz, Sonia N ^a   Boyle, Kevin J ^a   Rahman, Mahfuzar ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenic exposure; Awareness; Bangladesh; Drinking water; Risk factors; Water pollution; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33947413067     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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