Human health risks from metals and metalloid via consumption of food animals near gold mines in Tarkwa, Ghana: Estimation of the daily intakes and target hazard quotients (THQs)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 160-167

  Bortey Sam, Nesta ^a   Nakayama, Shouta M M ^a   Ikenaka, Yoshinori ^a   Akoto, Osei ^b   Baidoo, Elvis ^b   Yohannes, Yared Beyene ^a   Mizukawa, Hazuki ^a   Ishizuka, Mayumi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Estimated daily intake; Ghana; Muscle; Offal; Target hazard quotient

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; GOLD; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; METALLOID; NICKEL; ZINC; HEAVY METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; GOLD MINE; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GHANA; GOAT; GOLD MINE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETER; MEAT; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SHEEP; TARGET HAZARD QUOTIENT; TISSUE LEVEL; ADULT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHILD; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PROCEDURES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GHANA; TARKWA; WESTERN REGION;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHILD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GHANA; GOATS; GOLD; HAZARD ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS; HEALTH; HUMANS; MEAT; MERCURY; METALLOIDS; METALS; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; POISONING; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEEP;

EID: 84908626666     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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