Status of industrial fluoride pollution and its diverse adverse health effects in man and domestic animals in India

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 7244-7254

  Choubisa, Shanti Lal ^a   Choubisa, Darshana ^b  

^a Parasitology and Toxicology Laboratory   (India)

^b Pacific Dental College Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Animals; Bio indicators; Bio markers; Contamination; Hydrofluorosis; India; Industrial fluoride; Industrial fluorosis; Neighborhood fluorosis; Osteo dental fluorosis; Pollution; Residents

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; POLLUTANT;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; TOXICITY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84959114823     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6319-8     Document Type: Article

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