Environmental geochemistry and health of fluorine in Chinese coals

Environmental Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1307-1313

  Liu, Guijian ^a,b   Zheng, Liugen ^a   Qi, Cuicui ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Coal; Environmental geochemistry; Fluorine; Health

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY; FLUOROSIS; IMPACT FACTORS;

FLUORINE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUORINE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION EFFECT; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34250666269     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0569-6     Document Type: Review

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