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market in rural Bangladesh. Despite being heavily contaminated with arsenic, groundwater was the main source of drinking … water for rural dwellers in Bangladesh since the 1970s. This created a major health emergency in the country as arsenic … campaign. We study the impact of the campaign on marriage patterns in rural Bangladesh. Using a difference-in-difference model …
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The Ganges Delta of Bangladesh faces a major environmental and development problem from arsenic groundwater … contamination. Here we address the rural population’s health preferences and estimate how much a given risk of arsenicosis would … health hazard based on an experimental field study in Bangladesh. Results suggest that households exposed to arsenic …
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Statistical investigation on groundwater arsenic concentration data of southwest Bangladesh was performed. Two data … concentration exceeds the Bangladesh limit (0.05 mg/l) in all areas. Normality of arsenic concentration data was checked by …
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market in rural Bangladesh. Despite being heavily contaminated with arsenic, groundwater was the main source of drinking … water for rural dwellers in Bangladesh since the 1970s. This created a major health emergency in the country as arsenic … campaign. We study the impact of the campaign on marriage patterns in rural Bangladesh. Using a difference-in-difference model …
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management of arsenic contaminated shallow ground water in Bangladesh. The arsenic database for reference comprised the nation … of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) of Bangladesh. A Monte Carlo (MC) framework was devised for selection of randomly … the safe limits at the Holocene region of Southcentral Bangladesh. The probability of successful prediction of safe wells …
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Groundwater currently provides 98 percent of all the drinking water supply in Bangladesh. Groundwater is found …-hazard groundwater risk maps reveal areas and exposure of population groups to water risks posed by arsenic and salinity contamination … throughout Bangladesh but its quality (that is, arsenic and salinity contamination) and quantity (that is, water storage …
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outcomes in children. Emerging literature describes the negative effects of poor sanitation on child growth. However, limited … water contaminated with E. coli could affect the nutritional status of children through various possible biological pathways … uptake and absorption. This study explores the relationship between contaminated water and stunting prevalence among children …
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upazilas were selected from adjacent programme areas to serve as control. The study included 2,800 mothers, 1,440 children with …
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