Ground Water Arsenic Contamination and Its Health Effects in Bangladesh

Handbook of Arsenic Toxicology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 51-72

  Ahmad, Sk Akhtar ^a   Khan, Manzurul Haque ^b  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Bangladesh)

^b National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenic toxicity; Arsenicosis; Bangladesh; Ground water; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944408741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-418688-0.00002-2     Document Type: Chapter

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