TY - JOUR
T1 - Geomedical assessment of an area having high-fluoride groundwater in southeastern Turkey
AU - Yeşilnacar, Mehmet İrfan
AU - Demir Yetiş, Ayşegül
AU - Dülgergil, Çoruh Türksel
AU - Kumral, Mustafa
AU - Atasoy, Ayşe Dilek
AU - Rastgeldi Doğan, Tuba
AU - Tekiner, Sadık İsmail
AU - Bayhan, İbrahim
AU - Aydoğdu, Murat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - The high-fluoride concentration in groundwater has been yet determined in two villages (Sarım and Karataş) of western Şanlıurfa (Turkey) where it is the only source of drinking water. To assess medical and hydrogeological dimensions of this problem, principally including fluoride concentrations as well as electrical conductivity, temperature and pH values were measured in groundwater wells of 65 villages including these two villages on site and a dental examination was performed on 451 children. The fluoride concentrations in the groundwater of four villages determined as greater than 1.20 mg/L, causing dental fluorosis among children of these villages. Results revealed that dental fluorosis cases can develop even at low fluoride levels. Finally, the prepared geomedical map demonstrated that medical and hydrogeological evidences were compatible with each other.
AB - The high-fluoride concentration in groundwater has been yet determined in two villages (Sarım and Karataş) of western Şanlıurfa (Turkey) where it is the only source of drinking water. To assess medical and hydrogeological dimensions of this problem, principally including fluoride concentrations as well as electrical conductivity, temperature and pH values were measured in groundwater wells of 65 villages including these two villages on site and a dental examination was performed on 451 children. The fluoride concentrations in the groundwater of four villages determined as greater than 1.20 mg/L, causing dental fluorosis among children of these villages. Results revealed that dental fluorosis cases can develop even at low fluoride levels. Finally, the prepared geomedical map demonstrated that medical and hydrogeological evidences were compatible with each other.
KW - Dental fluorosis
KW - Drinking water
KW - Fluoride
KW - Geomedical map
KW - Groundwater pollution
KW - Southeastern Turkey
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U2 - 10.1007/s12665-015-5002-6
DO - 10.1007/s12665-015-5002-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84953331515
SN - 1866-6280
VL - 75
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - Environmental Earth Sciences
JF - Environmental Earth Sciences
IS - 2
M1 - 162
ER -
