Groundwater fluoride contamination and its possible health implications in Indi taluk of Vijayapura District (Karnataka State), India

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1017-1029

  Ugran, Vidyavati ^a   Desai, Naveen N ^b   Chakraborti, Dipankar ^c   Masali, Kallappa A ^a   Mantur, Prakash ^a   Kulkarni, Shreepad ^a   Deshmukh, Niranjan ^a   Chadchan, Kailash S ^b   Das, Swastika N ^b   Tanksali, Anuradha S ^b   Arwikar, Asha S ^b   Guggarigoudar, Suresh P ^a   Vallabha, Tejaswini ^a   Patil, Shailaja S ^a   Das, Kusal K ^a  

^a BLDE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Computer Science and Engineering   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dental fluorosis; Groundwater fluoride concentration; Rural Karnataka; Skeletal fluorosis; Urinary fluoride

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENTAL HEALTH; DRINKING WATER; ELECTRODE; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; RURAL AREA; URINE;

INDIA; KARNATAKA; VIJAYAPURA;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUND WATER; WELL WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DENTAL FLUOROSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOXICITY; URINE; VERY ELDERLY; WATER POLLUTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER WELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84984924355     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: 15732983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-016-9869-2     Document Type: Article

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