Water consumption patterns and factors contributing to water consumption in arsenic affected population of rural West Bengal, India

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 1217-1224

  Hossain, M Amir ^a,b   Rahman, Mohammad Mahmudur ^a,d   Murrill, Matthew ^a   Das, Bhaskar ^a   Roy, Bimol ^c   Dey, Shankar ^a   Maity, Debasish ^a   Chakraborti, Dipankar ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arsenic affected population of rural West Bengal; Direct and indirect water consumption; Factors contributing to water consumption; Water consumption patterns; WHO guideline value

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; INLET FLOW; POTABLE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

GUIDELINE VALUES; RISK CHARACTERIZATION; SHARP INCREASE; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER CONTAMINANTS; WEST BENGAL; WEST BENGAL , INDIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

RURAL AREAS;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; INGESTION RATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VILLAGE; WATER USE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INDIA; INGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

ARSENIC-AFFECTED POPULATION OF RURAL WEST BENGAL; DIRECT AND INDIRECT WATER CONSUMPTION; FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; WHO GUIDELINE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883456459     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.057     Document Type: Article

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