Fluoride in the environment and its metabolism in humans

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 211, Issue , 2011, Pages 121-142

  Jha, Sunil Kumar ^a   Mishra, Vinay Kumar ^a   Sharma, Dinesh Kumar ^a   Damodaran, Thukkaram ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; FLUORINE; FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLANT; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

FLUORIDES; FLUORINE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79952094458     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8011-3_4     Document Type: Article

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