title: Additional danger of arsenic exposure through inhalation from burning of cow dung cakes laced with arsenic as a fuel in arsenic affected villages in Ganga-Meghna-Brahmaputra plain.
abstract: In arsenic contaminated areas of the Ganga-Meghna-Brahmaputra (GMB) plain (area 569,749 sq. km; population over 500 million) where traditionally cow dung cake is used as a fuel in unventilated ovens for cooking purposes, people are simply exposed to 1859.2 ng arsenic per day through direct inhalation, of which 464.8 ng could be absorbed in respiratory tract.
authors.affiliation: School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. dcsoesju@vsnl.com
authors.forename: Arup
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: Bishwajit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: Bhaskar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: M Amir
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hossain
authors.forename: Sad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahamed
authors.forename: Dipankar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chakraborti
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001151:Arsenic / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000032:analysis*; D020261:Arsenic Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology; D002417:Cattle; D003296:Cooking; D004736:Energy-Generating Resources; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D019570:Inhalation Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D012423:Rural Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D052638:Particulate Matter; D001151:Arsenic