Arsenic and other drinking water quality issues, Muzaffargarh District, Pakistan

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-68

  Nickson, R T ^a,d   McArthur, J M ^b   Shrestha, B ^a   Kyaw Myint, T O ^a   Lowry, D ^c  

^a Water and Environ Sanitation Sect   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Fodderty Way Dingwall Bus Pk D ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROUS FERRIC OXIDE (HFO); MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL (MCL); UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (USEPA);

ARSENIC; CANALS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER; IRON OXIDES; WATER QUALITY;

POTABLE WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MUZAFFARGARH; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 9644301091     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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