Health effects of groundwater fluoride contamination

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 292-295

  Nayak, Bishwajit ^a   Roy, Madan Mohan ^b   Das, Bhaskar ^a   Pal, Arup ^a   Sengupta, Mrinal Kumar ^a   Prasad De, Shankar ^a   Chakraborti, Dipankar ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Adverse effects of fluoride; Berhait block; Dental fluorosis; Fluoride in urine; Groundwater fluoride contamination; Skeletal fluorosis

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; WELL WATER;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXOSTOSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIMB DEFORMITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE MALFORMATION; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; TIME; TOOTH DISEASE; URINE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLUORIDE POISONING; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649217819     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650802660349     Document Type: Article

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