Arsenic contaminated groundwater and its treatment options in bangladesh

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-46

  Jiang, Jia Qian ^a   Ashekuzzaman, S M ^a   Jiang, Anlun ^a   Sharifuzzaman, S M ^b   Chowdhury, Sayedur Rahman ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic contamination and removal; Developing country; Ground water; Public health

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED ALUMINUM OXIDE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEOLITE;

ARSENIC; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISSOLUTION; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; BANGLADESH; BIOREMEDIATION; CARCINOGENICITY; CLAY; DIETARY INTAKE; EXPOSURE; FILTRATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HUMAN; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION; READING; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84873808713     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10010018     Document Type: Review

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