Bangladesh arsenic mitigation programs: Lessons from the past

Emerging Health Threats Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Milton, Abul Hasnat ^a   Hore, Samar Kumar ^b   Hossain, Mohammad Zahid ^b   Rahman, Mahfuzar ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Lessons; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84869856061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17528550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v5i0.7269     Document Type: Review

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