Spatial and temporal variations of groundwater arsenic in South and Southeast Asia

Science

Volumn 328, Issue 5982, 2010, Pages 1123-1127

  Fendorf, Scott ^a   Michael, Holly A ^b   Van Geen, Alexander ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; FERRIC ION; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC CARBON;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HEALTH IMPACT; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER BASIN; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WELL WATER;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON METABOLISM; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYDROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROCK; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ASIA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BACTERIA; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 77953001864     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1172974     Document Type: Review

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