Arsenic Pollution of Groundwater in Bangladesh

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 181-192

  Ravenscroft, P ^a  

^a Cambridge Business Park   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Arsenic; Bangladesh; Cancer; Food; Geochemistry; Groundwater; Rice; Skin lesions; Soil; Water supply; Water treatment; Wells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888645938     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00347-0     Document Type: Chapter

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