Impacts of salinity, arsenic, and drought in southwestern Bangladesh

Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages 165-193

  Abedin, M A ^a   Habiba, Umma ^a   Shaw, Rajib ^a  

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EID: 84886606960     PISSN: 20407262     EISSN: 20407270     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S2040-7262(2012)0000009016     Document Type: Article

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