Lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium, nickel, copper, zinc, calcium, iron, manganese and chromium (VI) levels in Nigeria and United States of America cement dust

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2743-2749

  Ogunbileje, J O ^a,b   Sadagoparamanujam, V M ^a   Anetor, J I ^b   Farombi, E O ^b   Akinosun, O M ^b   Okorodudu, A O ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cement dust; Chromium (VI); Heavy metals; Nigeria; Toxicity; United States of America

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CEMENTS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DUST; HEAVY METALS; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); NICKEL; TOXICITY; ZINC;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION; CEMENT DUST; COLORIMETRIC METHODS; FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; GRAPHITE FURNACES; NIGERIA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CARCINOGEN; CEMENT; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; GRAPHITE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; COLORIMETRY; DUST; NIGERIA; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

NIGERIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873318843     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.11.058     Document Type: Article

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