Drinking water insecurity: water quality and access in coastal south-western Bangladesh

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2016, Pages 508-524

  Benneyworth, Laura ^a   Gilligan, Jonathan ^a   Ayers, John C ^a   Goodbred, Steven ^a   George, Gregory ^a   Carrico, Amanda ^b   Karim, Md Rezaul ^c   Akter, Farjana ^c   Fry, David ^a   Donato, Katherine ^a   Piya, Bhumika ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

arsenic; Bangladesh; drinking water; salinity; water security

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; RAIN; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; DRY SEASON; GROUNDWATER; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; RAINWATER; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INSECURITY; HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENT; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

BANGLADESH;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84973596159     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2016.1194383     Document Type: Article

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