Potential human health risks from toxic metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, and organochlorine pesticides via canned fish consumption: Estimation of target hazard quotients

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1470-1478

  El Morsy, Fadia A M ^a   El Sadaawy, Manal M ^a   Ahdy, Hoda H H ^a   Abdel Fattah, Laila M ^a   El Sikaily, Amany M ^a   Khaled, Azza ^a   Tayel, Fathi M T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

chlorinated pesticides PCBs; HQ; human health risk; PAH's; Toxic trace metal

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS; CHLORINATED PESTICIDES; HQ; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; TARGET HAZARD QUOTIENTS; TOXIC TRACE METALS;

FISH; HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CADMIUM; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; LEAD; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CANNED FOOD; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SARDINE; TUNA;

ANIMALS; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84880224306     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2013.796782     Document Type: Article

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