Arsenic in tube well water in Bangladesh: health and economic impacts and implications for arsenic mitigation
A national drinking water quality survey conducted in 2009 furnished data that were used to make an updated estimate of chronic arsenic exposure in Bangladesh. About 20 million and 45 million people were found to be exposed to concentrations above the national standard of 50 µg/L and the World Healt...
Main Authors: | Sara V Flanagan, Richard B Johnston, Yan Zheng |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862012001100013&lng=en&tlng=en |
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