Prevalence of fluorosis and identification of fluoride endemic areas in Manur block of Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, South India

Applied Water Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 235-243

  Gopalakrishnan, Subarayan Bothi ^a   Viswanathan, Gopalan ^a   Siva Ilango, S ^b  

^a MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dental fluorosis; Fluoride endemic area; Fluoride exposure; Google earth map; Isopleths technique

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HEALTH RISKS; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREAS;

AGE GROUPS; DENTAL FLUOROSIS; EXPOSURE LEVEL; FLUORIDE ENDEMIC AREA; FLUORIDE EXPOSURE; GOOGLE EARTH MAP; GOOGLE EARTHS; ISOPLETH TECHNIQUE; TAMIL NADU; TIRUNELVELI;

POTABLE WATER;

DENTAL HEALTH; DIGITAL MAPPING; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH; VILLAGE; WATER USE;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; TIRUNELVELI;

EID: 84985878993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21905495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13201-012-0043-4     Document Type: Article

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