Fluoride in groundwater in selected villages in Eritrea (North East Africa)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-177

  Srikanth, R ^a   Viswanatham, K S ^b   Kahsai, Fikremariam ^b   Fisahatsion, Abraham ^b   Asmellash, Micheal ^b  

^a Government of Eritrea   (Eritrea)

^b Water Resources Department (WRD)   (Eritrea)

Author keywords

Dental; Fluoride; Fluorosis; Granitic batholith; Groundwater; Pegmatite; Rural Eritrea

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE MINERALS; POTABLE WATER;

FLUOROSIS;

GROUNDWATER;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; RURAL AREA; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; GEOLOGY; RIVER; RURAL AREA; STANDARD; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERITREA; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0036127964     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014491915537     Document Type: Article

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