Evaluation of toxicological risk of foodstuffs contaminated with heavy metals in Swat, Pakistan

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 224-232

  Khan, Kifayatullah ^a,b,c   Khan, Hizbullah ^a   Lu, Yonglong ^b   Ihsanullah, Ihsan ^d   Nawab, Javed ^a   Khan, Sardar ^a   Shah, Noor S ^c   Shamshad, Isha ^a   Maryam, Afsheen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c University of Swat   (Pakistan)

^d NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE NIFA   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Foodstuffs; Health risks; Heavy metals; Ingestion; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD POISONING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; VEGETABLE;

KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA; PAKISTAN; SWAT VALLEY;

ADULT; CHILD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; PAKISTAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84905278394     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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