High-fluoride drinking water. A health problem in the Ethiopian rift valley 1. Assessment of lateritic soils as defluoridating agents

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-148

  Bjorvatn, Kjell ^a   Reimann, Clemens ^b   Østvold, Siren H ^a   Tekle Haimanot, Redda ^c   Melaku, Zenebe ^c   Siewers, Ulrich ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defluoridation; Drinking water; Fluoride; Health

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; DIFFUSION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL; TIME; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

DESICCATION; DIFFUSION; ETHIOPIA; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SODIUM FLUORIDE; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 13744262982     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a8435     Document Type: Article

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