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Fluorosis - a case study from the Sambher Salt Lake region in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

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Assistant Professor in Human Ecology, in the Indira Gandhi Centre for Human Ecology, Environment and Population Studies at the University of Rajasthan. Although fluorine is an essential element for human growth and development, its intake in excessive amounts beyond the permissible limits can be very harmful. Dental and skeletal fluorosis are some of the common afflictions of fluorine poisoning and it can even have ‘crippling effects’ in aged individuals. With the rise in industrialization fluoride contamination is increasing in the human environment as it is a basic component of the ground water. Certain regions of India, particularly the arid zones of Rajasthan, have serious fluoride problems and it has become a serious health hazard in several villages of Rajasthan.

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  1. Indira Gandhi Centre for Human Ecology, Environment and Population Studies, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India, 302 004

    Rajiv K. Sinha

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Sinha, R.K. Fluorosis - a case study from the Sambher Salt Lake region in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The Environmentalist 17, 259–262 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018545226576

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