The source of fluoride toxicity in Muteh area, Isfahan, Iran

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 777-786

  Keshavarzi, Behnam ^a   Moore, Farid ^a   Esmaeili, Ali ^a   Rastmanesh, Fatemeh ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dental fluorosis; Fluoride; Iran; Metamorphic rocks; Muteh

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PH; ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS; CARBONATE ROCK; CONCENTRATION OF; DENTAL FLUOROSIS; DRINKING WATER; DRINKING WATER WELLS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENDEMIC DENTAL FLUOROSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; FLUORIDE CONTENT; FLUORIDE TOXICITY; GEOLOGICAL UNITS; GRANITE ROCK; GRANITIC ROCKS; MANN-WHITNEY U TEST; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SURROUNDING ROCK; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS;

CALCIUM; CARBONATES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; POTABLE WATER; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; WATER WELLS;

FLUORIDE MINERALS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; AMPHIBOLE; CARBONATE ROCK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DENTAL HEALTH; DRINKING WATER; ENDEMISM; FLUORIDE; GOLD MINE; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ION; LEACHING; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MICA GROUP; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SAMPLING; TOXICITY;

ESFAHAN [IRAN]; IRAN;

EID: 77955088056     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0390-0     Document Type: Article

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