Statistical modeling of global geogenic fluoride contamination in groundwaters

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3662-3668

  Amini, Manouchehr ^a   Mueller, Kim ^a   Abbaspour, Karim C ^a   Rosenberg, Thomas ^a   Afyuni, Majid ^b   Møller, Klaus N ^c   Sarr, Mamadou ^d   Johnson, C Annette ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c COWI A/S ^*  (Denmark)

^d Ex Camp Lat Dior   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FLUORIDE-RICH GROUNDWATERS; GLOBAL PROBABILITY MAP; SEPARATE PREDICTIVE MODEL;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER PLANNING; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA BASE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

FLUORIDES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 43749107767     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071958y     Document Type: Article

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