Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India
Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India
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United States: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. National Institutes of Health. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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English
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United States: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. National Institutes of Health. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Nine districts in West Bengal, India, and 42 districts in Bangladesh have arsenic levels in groundwater above the World Health Organization maximum permissible limit of 50 μg/L. The area and population of the 42 districts in Bangladesh and the 9 districts in West Bengal are 92,106 km2and 79.9 million and 38,865 km2and 42.7 million, respectively. In...
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Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_1638054
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_1638054
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0091-6765
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1552-9924
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10.1289/ehp.00108393
