Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAHs and oxygenated PAHs) and trace metals in fish species from Ghana (West Africa): Bioaccumulation and health risk assessment

Environment International

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-146

  Bandowe, Benjamin A Musa ^a   Bigalke, Moritz ^a   Boamah, Linda ^b   Nyarko, Elvis ^b   Saalia, Firibu Kwesi ^b   Wilcke, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Fish; Health risk; Oxygenated PAHs; PAHs; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; COPPER; FISH; HEALTH RISKS; HISTOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MUSCLE; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ZINC;

EQUILIBRIUM PARTITIONING; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT COMPOUNDS; OCTANOL-WATER PARTITIONING; OXYGENATED PAHS; PAHS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION;

POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; SELENIUM; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEMERSAL FISH; HEALTH RISK; MUSCLE; PAH; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYNOGLOSSUS SENEGALENSIS; DRAPANE AFRICANA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GHANA; GILL; HEALTH HAZARD; INTESTINE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE TISSUE; POMADASYS PEROTETI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GHANA; GULF OF GUINEA;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; HEALTH RISK; OXYGENATED PAHS; PAHS; TRACE METALS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GHANA; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84893169330     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.12.018     Document Type: Article

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