Fluoride contamination and fluorosis in rural community in the vicinity of a phosphate fertilizer factory in India

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-249

  Pandey, J ^a   Pandey, U ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Faculty of Science and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Air borne fluoride; Fluorosis; Human exposure; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; AIR-BORNE FLUORIDE; ASYNCHRONY; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN EXPOSURE; MAJOR FACTORS; RURAL COMMUNITY;

POTABLE WATER; RURAL AREAS; VEGETABLES;

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS;

DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; FLUORIDE; PHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CROP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; TOOTH DISEASE; URINE; VEGETABLE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; FERTILIZERS; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHATES; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054683537     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0344-6     Document Type: Article

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