Arsenic in irrigated water, soil, and rice: perspective of the cropping seasons

Paddy and Water Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 407-412

  Biswas, Anirban ^a   Biswas, Saroni ^a   Santra, Subhas Chandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cropping season; Ground water; Rice grain

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; CROPPING SEASONS; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; RICE GRAINS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84922835824     PISSN: 16112490     EISSN: 16112504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10333-013-0396-9     Document Type: Article

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