Arsenicosis: A Threat to Mankind

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  • Avishek Manna
     ,IN

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Abstract

Arsenic poisoning has become a fast growing, frightening & universal problem, specially for the population of Bangladesh and West Bengal in India. Unless implementation of extensive multidimentional planning & research activities, innumerable people will face the consequences of one of the world's most severe water quality problems in recent history.

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Published

2006-04-30

How to Cite

Manna, A. (2006). Arsenicosis: A Threat to Mankind. Indian Science Cruiser, 20(2), 55–60. Retrieved from https://informaticsjournals.com/index.php/ISC/article/view/42387

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Volume 20, Issue 2, March-April 2006

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News Review

 

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