Personal, social, and situational factors influencing the consumption of drinking water from arsenic-safe deep tubewells in Bangladesh

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1316-1323

  Mosler, Hans Joachim ^a   Blöchliger, Olivia R ^b   Inauen, Jennifer ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arsenic mitigation; Bangladesh; Health protective behaviour; Protection motivation theory; Social acceptance; Social barriers; Theory of planned behaviour

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; MOTIVATION; POTABLE WATER; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ARSENIC MITIGATION; BANGLADESH; HEALTH-PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOR; PROTECTION MOTIVATION THEORY; SAFE DRINKING WATER; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL BARRIER; SOCIAL FACTOR; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; TUBEWELLS;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; PERSONAL VALUE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASTE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 77950929724     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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