Fluoride and health hazards: Community perception in a fluorotic area of central Rajasthan (India): An arid environment

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 162, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Hussain, J ^a   Hussain, I ^b   Sharma, K C ^c  

^a Central Water Commission India   (India)

^b Public Health Engineering Department PHED Laboratory   (India)

^c M D S UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Central Rajasthan; CFI; Dental fluorosis; Fluoride; Ground water; India; Skeletal fluorosis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS; ARID ENVIRONMENTS; CITRUS FRUIT; DENTAL FLUOROSIS; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; RAJASTHAN; WATER SAMPLES;

BEVERAGES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROGEOLOGY; POTABLE WATER;

HEALTH HAZARDS;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HEALTH RISK; PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FLUOROSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIA; RAJASTHAN;

CITRUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 76449117507     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0771-6     Document Type: Article

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