Delta subsidence: An imminent threat to coastal populations

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2015, Pages A204-A209

  Schmidt, Charles W ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; SEA WATER;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BRAHMAPUTRA; CLIMATE; COASTAL PLAIN; DELTA REGION; DELTA SUBSIDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODING; GANGES; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; SEA; SEDIMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FLOODS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER;

EID: 84938355103     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.123-A204     Document Type: Article

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