Assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in lates niloticus, oreochromis niloticus and rastrineobola argentea as sources of human exposure in kisumu bay, winam gulf of Lake Victoria

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 747-751

  Onyango, Alice A ^a   Lalah, Joseph O ^b   Wandiga, S O ^c   Gichuki, John ^d  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b Kenya Polytechnic University College   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Fish; Human exposure; Kisumu Bay; PAHs; Winam Gulf

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN COMMISSION; HUMAN EXPOSURES; KISUMU BAY; LAKE VICTORIA; LATES NILOTICUS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PAH POLLUTION; PAHS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); POTENTIAL SOURCES; WINAM GULF;

FISH; LAKES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

LAKE POLLUTION;

LATES NILOTICUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; RASTRINEOBOLA ARGENTEA;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CICHLID; CYPRINIFORMES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; LACTATION; LAKE; MALE; METABOLISM; PERCH; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; CYPRINIDAE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; LACTATION; LAKES; MALE; PERCHES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PREGNANCY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84861307209     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0567-1     Document Type: Article

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