Arsenic: Occurrence in Groundwater

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 165-180

  Chakraborti, D ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Absorption; Cancer effects; Cardiovascular effects; Chronic arsenic exposure; Dermal effects; Distribution and excretion of arsenic in human; Endocrinological effects; Gastrointestinal effects; Groundwater arsenic contamination; Health effects on children; Liver cancer; Lung cancer; Mechanism of arsenic toxicity in human; Neurological effects; Reproduction and developmental effects; Respiratory effects; Skin cancer; Urinary bladder and kidney cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962518019     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00043-X     Document Type: Chapter

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