Dental fluorosis associated with drinking water from hot springs in Choma district in southern province, Zambia

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-58

  Shitumbanuma, V ^a   Tembo, F ^a   Tembo, J M ^a   Chilala, S ^b   Van Ranst, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b Choma General Hospital   (Zambia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dental fluorosis; Drinking water; Faults; Fluoride; Granite; Hot springs; Zambia

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DENTAL HEALTH; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GRANITE; SPRING WATER; THERMAL SPRING; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; THERMAL SPRING; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER SUPPLY; ZAMBIA;

DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; GEOGRAPHY; HOT SPRINGS; HUMANS; WATER SUPPLY; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [ZAMBIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 33846665047     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-006-9062-0     Document Type: Article

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