Diarrhoeal Health Risks Attributable to Water-Borne-Pathogens in Arsenic-Mitigated Drinking Water in West Bengal are Largely Independent of the Microbiological Quality of the Supplied Water

Diarrhoeal Health Risks Attributable to Water-Borne-Pathogens in Arsenic-Mitigated Drinking Water in West Bengal are Largely Independent of the Microbiological Quality of the Supplied Water

There is a growing discussion about the possibility of arsenic mitigation measures in Bengal and similar areas leading to undesirable substitution of water-borne-pathogen attributable risks pathogens for risks attributable to arsenic, in part because of uncertainties in relative pathogen concentrati...

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Main Authors: Debapriya Mondal, Bhaswati Ganguli, Sugata Sen Roy, Babli Halder, Nilanjana Banerjee, Mayukh Banerjee, Maitreya Samanta, Ashok K. Giri, David A. Polya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-04-01
Series:Water
Subjects:
arsenic in groundwater
mitigation
water-borne pathogens
health risk substitution
disease burden
West Bengal
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/6/5/1100

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