Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations in commercially available infant formulae in Nigeria: Estimation of dietary intakes and risk assessment

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 221-227

  Iwegbue, Chukwujindu M A ^a,b   Edeme, Justy N ^a   Tesi, Godswill O ^a   Bassey, Francisca I ^c   Martincigh, Bice S ^b   Nwajei, Godwin E ^a  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Daily intakes; Infant formulae; Margin of exposure; Nigeria; PAHs; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACETONE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; DICHLOROMETHANE; FLUORENE; INDENO(1,2,3 CD)PERYLENE; NAPHTHALENE; PERYLENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BABY FOOD; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; QUALITY CONTROL;

BENZO(A)PYRENE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; NIGERIA; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84907328826     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2014.06.026     Document Type: Article

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