Extent of arsenic contamination and its impact on the food chain and human health in the Eastern Ganges Basin: A review

IWMI Working Papers

Volumn 161, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Rajmohan, N ^a   Prathapar, S A ^b  

^a New Delhi Institute of Management   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHAINS; CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; POLLUTION DETECTION; POTABLE WATER; RIVER POLLUTION; SOILS;

ARSENIC ACCUMULATION; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; COMPREHENSIVE METHOD; CONTAMINATED AREAS; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; LONG TERM MONITORING; MONITORING AND ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

EID: 85028629964     PISSN: 20125763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.5337/2014.224     Document Type: Article

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