Human exposure to arsenic from drinking water in Vietnam

Vietnam is an agricultural country with a population of about 88 million, with some 18 million inhabitants living in the Red River Delta in Northern Vietnam. The present study reports the chemical analyses of 68 water and 213 biological (human hair and urine) samples conducted to investigate arsenic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Science of the total environment 2014-08, Vol.488-489, p.562-569
Hauptverfasser:	Agusa, Tetsuro, Trang, Pham Thi Kim, Lan, Vi Mai, Anh, Duong Hong, Tanabe, Shinsuke, Viet, Pham Hung, Berg, Michael
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Arsenic Arsenic - analysis Drinking water Drinking Water - chemistry Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data Exposure Groundwater Hair Health Human Humans Risk Assessment Sand Speciation Urine Vietnam Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis Water Pollution, Chemical - statistics & numerical data Water Supply
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Zusammenfassung:	Vietnam is an agricultural country with a population of about 88 million, with some 18 million inhabitants living in the Red River Delta in Northern Vietnam. The present study reports the chemical analyses of 68 water and 213 biological (human hair and urine) samples conducted to investigate arsenic contamination in tube well water and human arsenic exposure in four districts (Tu Liem, Dan Phuong, Ly Nhan, and Hoai Duc) in the Red River Delta. Arsenic concentrations in groundwater in these areas were in the range of
ISSN:	0048-9697 1879-1026
DOI:	10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.039