Persistent exposure to arsenic via drinking water in rural Bangladesh despite major mitigation efforts

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Gardner, Renee ^a   Hamadani, Jena ^b   Grandér, Margaretha ^a   Tofail, Fahmida ^b   Nermell, Barbro ^a   Palm, Brita ^a   Kippler, Maria ^a   Vahter, Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RICE; RURAL POPULATION; URINE;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORYZA SATIVA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; WATER WELLS;

EID: 81555220079     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300025     Document Type: Article

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