Lead exposure from aluminum cookware in Cameroon

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 496, Issue , 2014, Pages 339-347

  Weidenhamer, Jeffrey D ^a   Kobunski, Peter A ^a   Kuepouo, Gilbert ^b   Corbin, Rebecca W ^a   Gottesfeld, Perry ^c  

^a ASHLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research and Education Centre for Development (CREPD)   (Cameroon)

^c Occupational Knowledge International   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Cadmium; Children's health; Cookware; Developing nations; Lead; Potential lead exposures

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BLOOD; CADMIUM; COOKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARDS; LEAD; SCRAP METAL;

ACETIC ACID EXTRACTIONS; CHILDREN'S HEALTH; COOKWARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING NATIONS; LEAD EXPOSURE; LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES; POTENTIAL EXPOSURE;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; LEAD;

ACETIC ACID; ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; COOKING APPLIANCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COOKWARE; GENERAL DEVICE; HEALTH HAZARD; LEACHING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; ANALYSIS; COOKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; KITCHEN; LEAD POISONING; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CAMEROON;

ALUMINUM; CAMEROON; COOKING; COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING;

EID: 84905482331     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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