Arsenic in the environment: Biology and Chemistry

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 379, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 109-120

  Bhattacharya, Prosun ^a   Welch, Alan H ^b   Stollenwerk, Kenneth G ^c   McLaughlin, Mike J ^d   Bundschuh, Jochen ^e   Panaullah, G ^f  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^f CIMMYT   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Arsenic; Contamination; Field test kit; Groundwater; Health; Mining environment; Phytoremediation; Pollution; Remediation; Safe aquifers; Soils; Sorption; Tubewell screening

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CACODYLIC ACID; METHANEARSONIC ACID;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ARSENIC POISONING; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; BIOREMEDIATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMISTRY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; MINING; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; URINE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34249338748     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.02.037     Document Type: Editorial

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