Health risk assessment of pesticides residue in maize and cowpea from Ejura, Ghana

Chemosphere

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-73

  Akoto, O ^a   Andoh, H ^a   Darko, G ^a   Eshun, K ^b   Osei Fosu, P ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b Ghana Standards Authority   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cowpea; Ejura; Ghana; Maize; Pesticide residues

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INSECTICIDES; RISK PERCEPTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

COWPEA; EJURA; GHANA; MAIZE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHLORDANE; CLOFENVINFOS; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; GAMMA CHLORDANE; HEPTACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PYRETHROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CHLORDANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CLEANUP; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDD; DDE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HCH; HEALTH RISK; LEGUME; MAIZE; PEST CONTROL; PEST DAMAGE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PYRETHROID; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; COWPEA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GHANA; HEALTH HAZARD; MAIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASHANTI; EJURA; GHANA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84876965081     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.02.057     Document Type: Article

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