Monitoring of fluoride concentration in ground water of Prakasham district in India: Correlation with physico-chemical parameters

Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-134

  Ramanaiah, S V ^c   Venkata Mohan, S ^a   Rajkumar, B ^b   Sarma, P N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Fluoride; Fluorosis; Ground water samples; India; Physico chemical parameters

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; FLUORIDE; NITRATE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; PH; STANDARD; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

CHLORIDES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; NITRATES; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33846572912     PISSN: 0367827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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