Hydrochemistry of arsenic-enriched aquifer from rural West Bengal, India: A study of the arsenic exposure and mitigation option

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 190, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 95-113

  Nath, Bibhash ^a,b   Sahu, Sudip J ^a   Jana, Joydev ^a   Mukherjee Goswami, Aishwarya ^a   Roy, Sharmi ^a   Sarkar, Madhav J ^a   Chatterjee, Debashis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenic distribution; Arsenic mitigation; Biomarker; Hydrochemistry; Land use pattern

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOMARKERS; POTABLE WATER; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENIC DISTRIBUTION; ARSENIC MITIGATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LAND USE PATTERN;

WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; IRON; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; SULFATE;

ALKALINITY; BIOMARKERS; POTABLE WATER; SANITATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; VILLAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

ALKALINITY; AQUIFER; ARSENIC TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMISTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INDIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; TOXICITY; WATER HARDNESS; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 42249106812     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9583-x     Document Type: Article

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