Chronic Arsenic Poisoning:
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Mr. Jabed Yousuf, Mr. Ariful Islam
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Mitigation Programs
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1217, Bangladesh E-mail: dch@bangla.net
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AH Milton, W Smith, K Dear, J Ng, M
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2007, J Environ Sci Health, Part A, 42(12), 1897-1908.
TKK Ngai, RR Shrestha, B Dangol, M
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in the breast milk of lactating women in arsenic affected areas of West
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Y Shinkai, DVan Truc, D Sumi, D Canh,
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Subhas Chandra Mukherjee, Shyamapada Pati, Amitava Mukherjee, Mohammad
Mahmudur Rahman, M. Amir Hossain, Bhaskar Das, Bishwajit Nayak, Arup
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