Analysis and exposure assessment of some heavy metals in foodstuffs from Ismailia city, Egypt

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-90

  Loutfy, Naglaa ^a,b   Mentler, A ^b   Shoeab, Maha ^a   Tawfic Ahmed, M ^a   Fuerhacker M ^b  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Egypt; exposure assessment; food contamination; heavy metals

Indexed keywords

DAILY INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKES; EGYPT; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAMPLES; GENERAL POPULATION; WET WEIGHT;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; ZINC;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ANIMAL; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING;

EGYPT; ISMAILIA [EGYPT];

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84858308881     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2011.638445     Document Type: Article

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