Contamination by arsenic and other trace elements of tube-well water along the Mekong River in Lao PDR

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 567-576

  Chanpiwat, Penradee ^a   Sthiannopkao, Suthipong ^a   Cho, Kyung Hwa ^a   Kim, Kyoung Woong ^a   San, Vibol ^b   Suvanthong, Boukeo ^c   Vongthavady, Chantha ^c  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH   (Cambodia)

^c Ministry of Health   (Laos)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Groundwater; Lao PDR; Mekong River; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; CAMBODIA; DRINKING WATER; FLOOD PLAINS; LAO PDR; MEKONG RIVER; REDUCING CONDITIONS; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TUBEWELLS; VIET NAM; WATER CHARACTERISTICS; WATER SAMPLES; WELL WATER;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BARIUM; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); POTABLE WATER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC ACID; BARIUM; BORON; IRON; MANGANESE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOODPLAIN; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PH MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STREAM (RIVER); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ARSENIC; LAOS; RIVERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

LAOS; MEKONG RIVER;

EID: 78650510693     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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