Trace metal contents in some brands of canned beef in Nigeria

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1368-1374

  Iwegbue, Chukwujindu M A ^a  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Canned beef; Health risk; Provisional tolerable weekly intake; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; CANNED BEEF; DIETARY INTAKES; ESTIMATED DIETARY INTAKES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NIGERIA; NIGERIANS; PROVISIONAL TOLERABLE WEEKLY INTAKE; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONTENTS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MEATS; METALS; RISK PERCEPTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

COPPER;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH RISK; MEAT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THRESHOLD; TRACE METAL;

NIGERIA;

EID: 79960690289     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2011.587816     Document Type: Article

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