Assessing the mechanisms controlling the mobilization of arsenic in the arsenic contaminated shallow alluvial aquifer in the blackfoot disease endemic area

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 197, Issue , 2011, Pages 397-403

  Liao, Vivian Hsiu Chuan ^a   Chu, Yu Ju ^a   Su, Yu Chen ^a   Lin, Po Cheng ^a   Hwang, Yaw Huei ^a   Liu, Chen Wuing ^a   Liao, Chung Min ^a   Chang, Fi John ^a   Yu, Chan Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Groundwater; Indigenous bacteria

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; ARSENIC IN GROUNDWATER; ARSENIC RELEASE; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; ELECTRON DONORS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ENZYMATIC REDUCTION; MICROBIAL REDUCTION; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS; PORE WATERS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; BACTERIA; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ACETIC ACID; ARSENIC; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER; RNA 16S;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; MICROCOSM; MOBILIZATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POREWATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

TAIWAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 82155166323     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.09.099     Document Type: Article

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