Fluoride distribution in the environment along the gradient of a phosphate-fertilizer production emission (southern Brazil)

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 179-187

  Mirlean, Nicolai ^a   Roisenberg, Ari ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Airborne fluoride; Groundwater; Phosphate fertilizer; Rainwater; Soil; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; FLUORIDE; PHOSPHATE; RAIN; WATER;

EMISSION CONTROL; FERTILIZER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RAINWATER; SOIL POLLUTION; THROUGHFALL; VEGETATION COVER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMISTRY; PH; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION;

BRAZIL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FERTILIZERS; FLUORIDES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHATES; RAIN; WATER;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 34248374210     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-006-9061-1     Document Type: Article

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