Initial data on arsenic in groundwater and development of a state action plan, Uttar Pradesh, India

Groundwater for Sustainable Development: Problems, Perspectives and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 271-281

  Srivastava, A K ^a   Govil, P C ^a   Tripathi, R M ^a   Shukla, R S ^a   Srivastava, R S ^a   Vaish, D P ^b   Nickson, R T ^b  

^a UP Jal Nigam   (India)

^b United Nations Children Fund   (India)

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