Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Profiles of Some Brands of Canned Fish in the Nigerian Market

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 157-168

  Iwegbue, Chukwujindu M A ^a,b   Overah, Loretta C ^a,b   Tesi, Godswill O ^a   Bassey, Francisca I ^c   Martincigh, Bice S ^b  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

canned fish; human exposure; Nigeria; PAHs benzo(a)pyrene; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 84926191548     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2014.892364     Document Type: Article

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