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Dipankar Chakraborti
Researcher at Jadavpur University
Publications - 116
Citations - 13054
Dipankar Chakraborti is an academic researcher from Jadavpur University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Arsenic contamination of groundwater & Arsenic. The author has an hindex of 54, co-authored 115 publications receiving 12078 citations. Previous affiliations of Dipankar Chakraborti include Central Pollution Control Board & Indian Statistical Institute.
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Some drinking-water disinfectants and contaminants, including arsenic
W. M Anders,Richard J. Bull,Kenneth P. Cantor,Dipankar Chakraborti,C. Chen,A. B. DeAngelo,David M. DeMarini,Catterina Ferreccio,S. Fukushima,T. W. Gebel,D. N. Mazumder,M. R. Karagas,Manolis Kogevinas,H. Komulainen,F. Le Curieux,Andrew A. Meharg,Jack C. Ng,Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen,S. Olin,M. Pereira,Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman,J. A. Roberson +21 more
TL;DR: Members M.W. Anders, Richard J. Bull, Chien-Jen Chen, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, and Catterina Ferreccio.
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Groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India.
Uttam Kumar Chowdhury,Bhajan Kumar Biswas,Tarit Roy Chowdhury,Gautam Samanta,Badal Kumar Mandal,Gautam C. Basu,C. R. Chanda,Dilip Lodh,Khitish Chandra Saha,Subhas K. Mukherjee,Sibtosh Roy,Saiful Kabir,Quazi Quamruzzaman,Dipankar Chakraborti +13 more
TL;DR: Thousands of hair, nail, and urine samples from people living in arsenic-affected villages have been analyzed to date; Bangladesh and West Bengal, 93 and 77% samples, on an average, contained arsenic above the normal/toxic level.
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Arsenic in groundwater in seven districts of west bengal, india : the biggest arsenic calamity in the world
Badal Kumar Mandal,P. P. Chowdhury,G. Samanta,Gautam Kumar Basu,C. R. Chanda,Dilip Lodh,N. K. Karan,R.K. Dhar,D. K. Tamili,Dipankar Das,Kshitish Chandra Saha,Dipankar Chakraborti +11 more
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Arsenic in ground water in six districts of West bengal, India: the biggest arsenic calamity in the world. Part 2. Arsenic concentration in drinking water, hair, nails, urine, skin-scale and liver tissue (biopsy) of the affected people.
Dipankar Das,Amit Chatterjee,Badal Kumar Mandal,Gautam Samanta,Dipankar Chakraborti,Bhabatosh Chanda +5 more
TL;DR: In six districts of West Bengal arsenic has been found in ground water above the maximum permissible limit recommended by the WHO, and more than 175,000 people are showing arsenical skin lesions that are the late stages of manifestation of arsenic toxicity.
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Arsenic Groundwater Contamination in Middle Ganga Plain, Bihar, India: A Future Danger?
Dipankar Chakraborti,Subhash Chandra Mukherjee,Shyamapada Pati,Mrinal Kumar Sengupta,Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman,Uttam Kumar Chowdhury,Dilip Lodh,C. R. Chanda,Anil K Chakraborti,Gautam Kumar Basu +9 more
TL;DR: On neurologic examination, arsenic-typical neuropathy was diagnosed in 63% of the adults, a prevalence previously seen only in severe, subacute exposures, and an apparent increase in fetal loss and premature delivery in the women with the highest concentrations of arsenic in their drinking water.