Fate of Arsenic in Irrigation Water and Its Potential Impact on the Food Chain

Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater: Mechanism, Analysis, and Remediation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 23-49

  Imamul, Huq S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Irrigation water and arsenic fate; Plant arsenic accumulation; Symbiotic system and arsenic accumulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864876235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470371046.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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