Increase in diarrheal disease associated with arsenic mitigation in bangladesh

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Wu, Jianyong ^a   van Geen, Alexander ^b   Ahmed, Kazi Matin ^c   Alam, Yasuyuki Akita Jahangir ^a,c   Culligan, Patricia J ^d   Escamilla, Veronica ^e   Feighery, John ^d   Ferguson, Andrew S ^d   Knappett, Peter ^f   Mailloux, Brian J ^g   McKay, Larry D ^f   Serre, Marc L ^a   Streatfield, P Kim ^h   Yunus, Mohammad ^h   Emch, Michael ^e,i  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d Columbia University New York NY ^*  (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^g Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^h INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; FLOODING; HUMAN; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER CONTAMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; CHILD; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84555205296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029593     Document Type: Article

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