A preliminary assessment of consumer's exposure to organochlorine pesticides in fruits and vegetables and the potential health risk in Accra Metropolis, Ghana

Food Chemistry

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1058-1065

  Bempah, Crentsil Kofi ^a,b   Donkor, Augustine ^b   Yeboah, Philip Owiradu ^b   Dubey, Brajesh ^c   Osei Fosu, Paul ^d  

^a NATIONAL NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Pesticide Residue Laboratory   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Accra Metropolis; Ghana; Health risk assessment; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ACCRA METROPOLIS; AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; FIELD SURVEYS; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GHANA; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POTENTIAL HEALTH; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; REFERENCE DOSE; RESIDUAL CONCENTRATIONS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AGRICULTURE; ALDEHYDES; FRUITS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH; INSECTICIDES; KETONES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS; VEGETABLES;

HEALTH RISKS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; ENDRIN ALDEHYDE; ENDRIN KETONE; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; METHOXYCHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APPLE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROP PRODUCTION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GHANA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PAPAYA; PRODUCT SAFETY; TOMATO;

ASIMINA TRILOBA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 79958047017     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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