Validation of analysis of arsenic in water samples using Wagtech Digital Arsenator

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2662-2667

  Safarzadeh Amiri, A ^a   Fowlie, P ^a   Kazi, A I ^b   Siraj, S ^b   Ahmed, S ^b   Akbor, A ^b  

^a Unit 201A   (Canada)

^b BANGLADESH COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH BCSIR   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenator; Arsenic; Drinking water; Field test kit; Groundwater; Well testing

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL LABORATORIES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LABORATORIES; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER; WELL TESTING;

ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES; ARSENATOR; FIELD TEST; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; QUALITY CONTROL STANDARDS; SPEARMAN RANK CORRELATION; VISUAL IDENTIFICATION;

POTABLE WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WELL WATER; FRESH WATER;

ARSENATE; ARSENIC; CORRELATION; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; LABORATORY METHOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; WELL TESTING;

ACCURACY; ARSENATOR; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79960937918     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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