Review of arsenic contamination, exposure through water and food and low cost mitigation options for rural areas

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-33

  Sharma, Anitha K ^a   Tjell, Jens Chr ^a   Sloth, Jens J ^a   Holm, Peter E ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS; LOW COST METHODS; MITIGATION OPTIONS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; POTENTIALLY FATAL; PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE; STATE OF THE ART;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GROUNDWATER; RURAL AREAS; SURFACE WATERS; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC; CANCER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; SKIN DISORDER; WELL WATER;

FAR EAST; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84890882949     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.11.012     Document Type: Review

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