Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-6-17-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/dwes-6-17-2013
21 Feb 2013
 | 21 Feb 2013

Fluoride in the drinking water of Pakistan and the possible risk of crippling fluorosis

M. A. Tahir and H. Rasheed

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