Spatial modeling of households' knowledge about arsenic pollution in Bangladesh

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1232-1239

  Sarker, Mizanur Rahman M ^a,b  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHER E BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Households' knowledge; Pollution; Spatial modeling

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; INVERSE ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLD KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE; POPULATION DENSITY; RED MARK TUBE WELL; RELIGION; SALARY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84858623972     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.025     Document Type: Article

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