Fluoride in groundwater: Causes, implications and mitigation measures

Fluoride: Properties, Applications and Environmental Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 113-136

  Brindha, K ^a   Elango, L ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

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