Arsenic contamination of groundwater: A review of sources, prevalence, health risks, and strategies for mitigation

Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Shankar, Shiv ^a   Shanker, Uma ^b   Shikha, ^a  

^a BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b DR B R AMBEDKAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WELL WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC POISONING; FLOCCULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RISK; SKIN DISEASES; TOXICITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK; SKIN DISEASES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84908323760     PISSN: 23566140     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/304524     Document Type: Review

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