Groundwater fluoride and dental fluorosis in southwestern Nigeria

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 597-604

  Gbadebo, A M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Basement complex; Dental fluorosis; Fluoride; Groundwater; Nigeria; Sedimentary

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENTAL HEALTH; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; PARAMETERIZATION; PH; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER RESOURCE; WELL WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; DENTAL CARIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDIMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLORIMETRY; DENTAL CARIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ABEOKUTA; EWEKORO; LAGOS [LAGOS (STT)]; LAGOS [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; OGUN;

EID: 84865434079     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-012-9455-1     Document Type: Article

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