Groundwater quality in some villages of Haryana, India: Focus on fluoride and fluorosis

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-97

  Meenakshi, ^a,b   Garg, V K ^a   Kavita, ^a   Renuka, ^a   Malik, Anju ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Fluoride; Fluorosis; India; Underground water

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORIDE MINERALS; HARDNESS; PH EFFECTS; POTABLE WATER; SALTS; STANDARDS; WATER QUALITY;

FLUOROSIS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

BICARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID; CHLORIDE; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; ALKALI; FRESH WATER;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; WATER HARDNESS; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HARYANA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ALKALIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0346881162     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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