Fluoride contamination in drinking water in rural habitations of Central Rajasthan, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 5151-5158

  Hussain, Ikbal ^a   Arif, Mohd ^b   Hussain, Jakir ^c  

^a Public Health Engineering Department PHED Laboratory   (India)

^b M D S UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Central Water Commission India   (India)

Author keywords

Defluoridation; Drinking water; Fluoride; Fluorosis; Groundwater; Nagaur; Nawa; Rajasthan

Indexed keywords

DEFLUORIDATION; FLUORIDE; FLUOROSIS; NAGAUR; NAWA; RAJASTHAN;

ACTIVATED ALUMINA; ADSORPTION; POTABLE WATER; RURAL AREAS; WATER SUPPLY;

GROUNDWATER;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER;

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; RURAL AREA; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFLUORINATION; FLUID INTAKE; FLUOROSIS; INDIA; OSTEOFLUOROSIS; RURAL AREA; TOOTH DISEASE; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INDIA; RURAL POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

INDIA; NAWA; RAJASTHAN;

EID: 84862831293     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2329-7     Document Type: Article

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