Arsenic occurrence in groundwater of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 4, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 248-254

  Chapagain, S K ^a   Shrestha, S ^b   Nakamura, T ^a   Pandey, V P ^a   Kazama, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Groundwater; Kathmandu Valley

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953613116     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.492     Document Type: Article

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