Rice is a major exposure route for arsenic in Chakdaha block, Nadia district, West Bengal, India: A probabilistic risk assessment

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2987-2998

  Mondal, Debapriya ^a   Polya, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; CURVE FITTING; DISEASES; GROUNDWATER; INLET FLOW; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POTABLE WATER; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

BIO-CONCENTRATION FACTORS; EXPOSURE DURATIONS; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; MODEL PROBABILITIES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER; DRINKING WATER; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; INGESTION RATE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PHREATIC ZONE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

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

EID: 54449100315     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.06.025     Document Type: Article

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