Heavy metals health risk assessment for population via consumption of food crops and fruits in Owerri, South Eastern, Nigeria

Chemistry Central Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Orisakwe, Orish E ^a   Nduka, John K ^b   Amadi, Cecilia N ^a   Dike, Daniel O ^c   Bede, Onyinyechi ^c  

^a Clinical Pharmacy Faculty of Pharmacy   (Nigeria)

^b NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Food crops; Heavy metal; Risk assessment; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864406363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1752153X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-153X-6-77     Document Type: Article

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