Probabilistic risk assessment of Chinese residents' exposure to fluoride in improved drinking water in endemic fluorosis areas

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 222, Issue , 2017, Pages 118-125

  Zhang, Li′e ^a   Huang, Daizheng ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Wei, Xiao ^a   Qin, Jian ^a   Ou, Songfeng ^a   Zhang, Zhiyong ^a   Zou, Yunfeng ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Fluoride; Fluorosis; Health risk; Probabilistic

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE MINERALS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CARCINOGENIC RISK; ENDEMIC FLUOROSIS; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; FLUOROSIS; PROBABILISTIC; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

CHILD HEALTH; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; HEALTH RISK; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUOROSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMISTRY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DRINKING WATER; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORIDES; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008485839     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.12.074     Document Type: Article

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