Acceptance and Use of Eight Arsenic-Safe Drinking Water Options in Bangladesh

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Inauen, Jennifer ^a   Hossain, Mohammad Mojahidul ^a   Johnston, Richard B ^a   Mosler, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PRODUCT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; ARSENIC; ATTITUDE; BANGLADESH; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING; DRINKING WATER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FILTRATION; HUMANS; PONDS; RAIN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WELLS;

EID: 84872244761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053640     Document Type: Article

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