| Description |
1 online resource (144 pages) |
| Contents |
contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Environmental occurrence, geochemistry and exposure; 3. Human health effects; 4. Guidelines and standards; 5. Removal of excessive fluoride; 6. Analytical methods; 7. Country data on dental and skeletal fluorosis associated with exposure to fluoride through drinking-water; Appendix: indexes of severity of dental fluorosis; Index |
| Summary |
Fluoride is known to occur at elevated concentration in a number of parts of the world where it can be a significant cause of disease. The primary focus of this book is the prevention of adverse health effects from excessive levels of fluoride in drinking-water. The book fills the urgent need, identified for updating the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality, for information on the occurrence of fluoride, its health effects, ways of reducing excess levels and methods for analysis of fluoride in water. The draft document, produced by a working group of experts convened to consider protectio |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Water -- Fluoridation.
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Drinking water -- Purification.
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Fluorides -- Physiological effect.
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Drinking water -- Purification
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Fluorides -- Physiological effect
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Water -- Fluoridation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bailey, K
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Chilton, J
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Dahi, E
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| ISBN |
9789240681958 |
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9240681957 |
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