Dietary intake of organophosphorus pesticide residues through vegetables from Kumasi, Ghana

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3703-3706

  Darko, Godfred ^a   Akoto, Osei ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

ADI; Gas chromatography; Hazard index; MRL; Organophosphorus pesticides; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; DICHLORVOS; MALATHION; MONOCROTOPHOS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ARTICLE; DIET; FOOD ANALYSIS; GHANA; HEALTH HAZARD; VEGETABLE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DIET; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GHANA; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PHOTOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 55949087947     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.09.049     Document Type: Article

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