Assessment of potential hazards of fluoride contamination in drinking groundwater of an intensively cultivated district in West Bengal, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 152, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 97-103

  Kundu, Manik Chandra ^a   Mandal, Biswapati ^a  

^a BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural activities; Fluoride; Groundwater; Lithology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE CONTENTS; N CONTENTS; PHOSPHATIC FERTILIZERS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; POTENTIAL THREATS; WATER SAMPLES; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

AQUIFERS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; PESTICIDES; PETROLOGY; PHOSPHATES; SALINE WATER; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

WATER CONTENT;

DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PESTICIDE;

DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CROP PRODUCTION; FLUOROSIS; GEOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGY; INDIA; PH; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; FLUORIDES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; NITRATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 63749092769     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0299-1     Document Type: Article

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