Fluoride overfeed at a well site near an elementary school in Michigan

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 16-21

  Sidhu, Kirpal S ^a   Kimmer, Robert O ^a  

^a MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; HEALTH RISK; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PRIMARY SCHOOL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VOMITING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; NAUSEA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS; VOMITING; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036836808     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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