Fluoride contamination in groundwaters of Sonbhadra District, Uttar Pradesh, India

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 979-985

  Janardhana Raju, N ^a   Dey, Sangita ^a   Das, Kaushik ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

Dental and skeletal fluorosis; Fluoride; Granite gneissic rock; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349158602     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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