Arsenic in the food chain and assessment of population health risks in Bangladesh

Environment Systems and Decisions - Tập 37 Số 3 - Trang 344-352 - 2017
Md. Saiful Islam1, Md. Kawser Ahmed2, Md. Habibullah-Al-Mamun3, Dennis Wayne Eaton4
1Department of Soil Science, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali 8602, Bangladesh
2Department of Oceanography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Faculty, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh
3Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
4Contract Faculty, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

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