Health risk assessment of fluoride in drinking water from Anhui Province in China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3687-3695

  Gao, Hong Jian ^a   Jin, You Qian ^a   Wei, Jun Ling ^a  

^a ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Endemic diseases; Fluoride concentrations; Health risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER SAMPLES; ENDEMIC FLUOROSIS; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; FLUORIDE CONTENT; FLUORIDE INTAKE; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; RECOMMENDED VALUES; TOTAL FLUORIDES;

ALUMINOUS REFRACTORIES; HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENTAL HEALTH; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE CONTROL; FLUOROSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANHUI; CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS; HUAIBEI; JIANGHUAI; YANGTZE RIVER;

CHINA; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878352860     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2820-9     Document Type: Article

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