Health risks of using mothballs in Greater Accra, Ghana

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-138

  Soghoian, S ^a   Nyadedzor, C ^b   Ed Nignpense, B ^b   Clarke, E E K ^b   Hoffman, R S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ghana Health Services and the Ghana Poison Control Center   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Haemolysis; Mothballs; Naphthalene; Poisoning; Public health

Indexed keywords

CAMPHOR; NAPHTHALENE;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DRINKING WATER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; MARKET SYSTEM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAPHTHALENE; POISONING; PUBLIC HEALTH; PURIFICATION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SAMPLING; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MARKET; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CAMPHOR; COMMERCE; GHANA; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MOTHS; NAPHTHALENES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOLUBILITY; WATER;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

DRYOBALANOPS;

EID: 84155163120     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02885.x     Document Type: Article

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