Validation of two portable instruments to measure iron concentration in groundwater in rural Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 414-418

  Merrill, Rebecca D ^a   Shamim, Abu Ahmed ^b   Labrique, Alain B ^a   Ali, Hasmot ^b   Schulze, Kerry ^a   Rashid, Mahbubur ^b   Christian, Parul ^a   West, Keith P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JiVitA Project   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Groundwater; HACH; Iron; Test kits; Tubewell; Water analysis

Indexed keywords

IRON; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BANGLADESH; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH; COLORIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 67649830566     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v27i3.3384     Document Type: Article

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