Using iron precipitants to remove arsenic from water: Is it safe?

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5823-5827

  Mohan Chandrasekaran, Victor Raj ^a   Muthaiyan, Ilayaraja ^a   Huang, Po Chang ^a   Liu, Ming Yie ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Hepatic damage; Iron; Lipid peroxidation; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ARSENIC; IRON; LIPIDS; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POTABLE WATER; RATS; SODIUM; WATER TREATMENT;

HEALTH COMPLICATIONS; HEPATIC DAMAGE; INORGANIC ARSENIC; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES; SODIUM ARSENITE; TOXIC ELEMENTS; TRANSAMINASE LEVELS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARSENITE SODIUM; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERROUS SULFATE;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH IMPACT; IRON; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENT; SERUM; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WATER TREATMENT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WATER TREATMENT;

RATTUS;

EID: 78649464207     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.063     Document Type: Article

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