Mycotoxin exposure in rural residents in northern Nigeria: A pilot study using multi-urinary biomarkers

Environment International

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 138-145

  Ezekiel, Chibundu N ^a,b   Warth, Benedikt ^c   Ogara, Isaac M ^d   Abia, Wilfred A ^e,f   Ezekiel, Victoria C ^a   Atehnkeng, Joseph ^b   Sulyok, Michael ^c   Turner, Paul C ^g   Tayo, Grace O ^a   Krska, Rudolf ^c   Bandyopadhyay, Ranajit ^b  

^a BABCOCK UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^f UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Exposure assessment; Food safety; Human urine; Mycotoxin biomonitoring; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; FOOD SAFETY; POPULATION STATISTICS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOMONITORING; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HUMAN URINE; MULTI-BIOMARKER APPROACHES; NIGERIA; TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKE; URINARY BIOMARKERS; URINE COLLECTION;

BIOMARKERS;

AFLATOXIN M1; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FUMONISIN B1; MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN;

BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; FOOD SAFETY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGERIA; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TOXIN ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; VOLUNTEER; YOUNG ADULT;

NIGERIA;

BIOMARKER; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN URINE; MYCOTOXIN BIOMONITORING; NIGERIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOTOXINS; NIGERIA; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896735357     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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