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Advances in Environmental Chemistry
Volume 2014, Article ID 483609, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/483609
Research Article

Defluoridation with Locally Produced Thai Bone Char

Yothin Mutchimadilok,1 Sunisa Smittakorn,1 Surat Mongkolnchai-arunya,2 and Deanna Durnford3

1Department of Civil Engineering, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
2Dental Health Division, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
3Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA

Received 27 June 2014; Accepted 3 August 2014; Published 19 August 2014

Academic Editor: Jesus Simal-Gandara

Copyright © 2014 Yothin Mutchimadilok et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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