Arsenic in South Asia Groundwater

Geography Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1532-1552

  Benner, Shawn G ^a   Fendorf, Scott ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DISSOLUTION; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH; CAMBODIA; INDIA; MYANMAR; VIET NAM; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 77957363903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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