Arsenic and heavy metal contamination of rice, pulses and vegetables grown in Samta village, Bangladesh

Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects V

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 103-114

  Alam, M G M ^a   Snow, E T ^a   Tanaka, A ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Heavy metals; Pulses; Rice; Samta village; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; BOTTLES; CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; CROPS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUTRITION; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; RURAL AREAS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SPECTROMETRY; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; BANGLADESH; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; LONG-TERM IRRIGATIONS; PULSES; RICE; SAMTA VILLAGE;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84860518515     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044451441-7/50009-9     Document Type: Chapter

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