Groundwater arsenic contamination and its health effects in the Ganga-Meghna-Brahmaputra plain.
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School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India Department of Neurology, Medical College, Kolkata, India Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, S.S.K.M. Hospital, Kolkata, India Retired Professor of Dermatology, School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata Department of Dermatology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, S.S.K.M. Hospital, Kolkata, India Dhaka Community Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Additional danger of arsenic exposure through inhalation from burning of cow dung cakes laced with arsenic as a fuel in arsenic affected villages in Ganga-Meghna-Brahmaputra plain.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of environmental monitoring : JEM
دوره 6 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004