Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dl-PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzo furans (PCDD/Fs) in edible fish from Lake Volta, Lake Bosumtwi and Weija Lake in Ghana

Chemosphere

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 675-684

  Adu Kumi, S ^a,b   Kawano, M ^c   Shiki, Y ^c   Yeboah, P O ^b   Carboo, D ^b   Pwamang, J ^a   Morita, M ^c   Suzuki, N ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dl PCBs; Ghana fish; Human health; OCPs; PCDD Fs; POPs

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; FISH; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

DL-PCBS; HUMAN HEALTH; OCPS; PCDD/FS; POPS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

CHLORDANE; GAMMA HEXACYCLOHEXANE; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DDT; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDIBLE SPECIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PCB; PCDD; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GHANA; HEALTH HAZARD; LAKE; MASS SPECTROMETER; NONHUMAN; TILAPIA;

ASHANTI; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; LAKE BOSUMTWI; LAKE VOLTA; WEIJA LAKE;

TILAPIA;

EID: 77957237828     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.08.018     Document Type: Article

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