Occurrence of halogenated contaminants in inland and coastal fish from Ghana: Levels, dietary exposure assessment and human health implications

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 123-130

  Asante, Kwadwo Ansong ^a,b,c   Takahashi, Shin ^a   Itai, Takaaki ^a   Isobe, Tomohiko ^a,c   Devanathan, Gnanasekaran ^a   Muto, Mamoru ^a   Agyakwah, Seth Koranteng ^b   Adu Kumi, Sam ^d   Subramanian, Annamalai ^a   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Fish; Ghana; HBCDs; Health risk; PBDEs; PCBs

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; BDE 47; CB 138; CB 153; CB 180; HALIDE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CICHLID; COASTAL FISHERY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SAFETY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INLAND FISHERY; PBDE; PCB;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GHANA; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; LAGOON; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TILAPIA; TISSUE LEVEL; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GHANA; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

GHANA;

TILAPIA;

EID: 84879010493     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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