Novel approaches to biosensors for detection of arsenic in drinking water

Desalination

Volumn 248, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 517-523

  Joshi, N ^a   Wang, X ^a   Montgomery, L ^a   Elfick, A ^a   French, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; BioBricks; Biosensors; Endospores; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC LEVELS; BANGLADESH; BIOBRICKS; CURRENT SYSTEM; DRINKING WATER; ENDOSPORES; FIELD TEST; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS; LONG TERM; MINIMAL TRAINING; NEW APPROACHES; ROUTINE MONITORING; SKIN LESION; WEST BENGAL; WHOLE-CELL BIOSENSORS;

ARSENIC; CELL MEMBRANES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; RISK PERCEPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOSENSORS;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SENSOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 70349515163     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.05.096     Document Type: Article

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