Arsenic accumulation in a paddy field in bangladesh: Seasonal dynamics and trends over a three-year monitoring period

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2925-2931

  Dittmar, Jessica ^a   Voegelin, Andreas ^a,b   Roberts, Linda C ^a,b   Hug, Stephan J ^b   Saha, Ganesh C ^c   Ali, M Ashraf ^d   Badruzzaman, A Borhan M ^d   Kretzschmar, Ruben ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

^c DHAKA UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^d BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACCUMULATION; AS CONTENT; AS DISTRIBUTION; BANGLADESH; DOWNWARD FLOW; DRY SEASONS; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN HEALTH; IRRIGATION WATERS; LONG TERM; MASS BALANCE; MONITORING PERIODS; PADDY FIELDS; RICE PADDY; RICE YIELD; SAMPLING GRIDS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL DYNAMICS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER SUPPLY;

SOILS;

ARSENIC; WATER;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; DRY SEASON; FLOODING; FOOD QUALITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; MASS BALANCE; PADDY FIELD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODING; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); RICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; TILLAGE;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 77950946242     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903117r     Document Type: Article

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