Groundwater quality and its health impact: An assessment of dental fluorosis in rural inhabitants of the Main Ethiopian Rift

Environment International

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-47

  Rango, Tewodros ^a   Kravchenko, Julia ^b   Atlaw, Behailu ^c   McCornick, Peter G ^d   Jeuland, Marc ^a   Merola, Brittany ^a   Vengosh, Avner ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Dental fluorosis; Fluoride; Main Ethiopian Rift; Milk consumption; Thylstrup and Fejerskov index

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ARSENIC; CALCIUM; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEALTH; SILICA; SODIUM; URANIUM; WATER QUALITY; WELLS;

DENTAL FLUOROSIS; FLUORIDE; MAIN ETHIOPIAN RIFT; MILK CONSUMPTION; THYLSTRUP AND FEJERSKOV INDEX;

ALUMINOUS REFRACTORIES;

ARSENIC; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM; URANIUM;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENTAL HEALTH; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLUORIDE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEALTH IMPACT; INDEX METHOD; MILK; RURAL POPULATION; WATER QUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; RURAL AREA; SALINITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER QUALITY;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; ETHIOPIAN RIFT;

EID: 84860123192     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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