Effect of arsenic on soil, plant and foodstuffs by using irrigated groundwater and pond water from Nadia district, West Bengal

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 218-234

  Roychowdhury, Tarit ^a,b   Uchino, Tadashi ^a   Tokunaga, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural irrigation; Arsenic; Dietary intake; Foodstuffs; Groundwater; Plant; Pond water; Soil

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; LAKES; NUTRITION; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; DIETARY INTAKES; FOODSTUFFS; PLANT; POND WATER;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; LAKE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ARSENIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PADDY FIELD; POND; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PLANT ROOT; POTATO; RICE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WHEAT;

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

EID: 47249143237     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2008.019395     Document Type: Article

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