Water consumption patterns and factors contributing to water consumption in arsenic affected population of rural West Bengal, India
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Evaluation of Chronic Arsenic Poisoning Due to Consumption of Contaminated Ground Water in West Bengal, India
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عنوان ژورنال: Science of The Total Environment
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0048-9697
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.057