Economic benefits of arsenic removal from ground water - A case study from West Bengal, India

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 397, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Roy, Joyashree ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic in ground water; Arsenic management; Environmental economics; Health production function; Human health; Remediation and policy; Water quality

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HEALTH CARE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; REMOVAL; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENIC IN GROUND WATER; ARSENIC MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HEALTH PRODUCTION FUNCTION; HUMAN HEALTH; REMEDIATION AND POLICY;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH RISK; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REMEDIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; INDIA; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JHARKHAND; MIDNAPUR; SANTAL PARGANAS; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 43049103830     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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