Fluoride contamination in drinking water in rural habitations of Northern Rajasthan, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 145, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Suthar, Surindra ^a   Garg, Vinod K ^b   Jangir, Sushant ^a   Kaur, Simarjeet ^a   Goswami, Nidhi ^a   Singh, Sushma ^c  

^a SGN Khalsa PG College   (India)

^b GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c NM PG College   (India)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Fluoride; Fluorosis; Groundwater; India; Rajasthan

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; FLUOROSIS; INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; RURAL AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID INTAKE; FLUOROSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FLUORIDES; HUMANS; INDIA; RURAL HEALTH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 51749106087     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0011-x     Document Type: Article

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