Human exposure to arsenic from groundwater in the Red River and Mekong River Deltas in Vietnam

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-57

  Agusa, Tetsuro ^a,b   Inoue, Suguru ^c   Kunito, Takashi ^d   Minh, Tu Binh ^a,e   Ha, Nguyen Ngoc ^a   Tu, Nguyen Phuc Cam ^b   Trang, Pham Thi Kim ^e   Iwata, Hisato ^a   Viet, Pham Hung ^e   Tuyen, Bui Cach ^f   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a,g  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Japan Food Hygiene Association   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^f EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Groundwater; Human; Mekong River Delta; Red River Delta; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; ARSENIC LEVELS; ARSENIC SPECIATION; ASIAN COUNTRIES; DRINKING WATER; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN HAIR; HUMAN URINE; INORGANIC ARSENIC; MEKONG RIVER; MEKONG RIVER DELTA; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RED RIVER; RED RIVER DELTA; STUDY AREAS; VIETNAM;

ARSENIC; BODY FLUIDS; COASTAL ZONES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROGEOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 69149105860     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: 10290400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207230902759962     Document Type: Article

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