Trends in arsenic concentration at tubewells in Bangladesh: conceptual models, numerical models, and monitoring proxies

Trace Metals and other Contaminants in the Environment

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages 63-83

  Burgess, W ^a   Ahmed, K M ^b   Carruthers, A ^a   Cheetham, H ^a   Cobbing, J ^a,c   Cuthbert, M ^a,d   Mather, S ^a   McCarthy, E ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c 3British Geological Survey   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e Minerex Environmental Ltd   (Ireland)

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EID: 44449116141     PISSN: 18751121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-1121(06)09002-X     Document Type: Review

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