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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)
N Bortey-Sam, SMM Nakayama, Y Ikenaka, O Akoto, E Baidoo, ...
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety 111, 160-167, 2015
2602015
Lead poisoning in children from townships in the vicinity of a lead–zinc mine in Kabwe, Zambia
J Yabe, SMM Nakayama, Y Ikenaka, YB Yohannes, N Bortey-Sam, ...
Chemosphere 119, 941-947, 2015
1622015
Health risk assessment of heavy metals and metalloid in drinking water from communities near gold mines in Tarkwa, Ghana
N Bortey-Sam, SMM Nakayama, Y Ikenaka, O Akoto, E Baidoo, ...
Environmental monitoring and assessment 187, 1-12, 2015
1602015
Occurrence, distribution, sources and toxic potential of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in surface soils from the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana
N Bortey-Sam, Y Ikenaka, SMM Nakayama, O Akoto, YB Yohannes, ...
Science of the Total Environment 496, 471-478, 2014
1312014
Accumulation of heavy metals and metalloid in foodstuffs from agricultural soils around Tarkwa area in Ghana, and associated human health risks
N Bortey-Sam, SMM Nakayama, O Akoto, Y Ikenaka, JN Fobil, E Baidoo, ...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 12 (8 …, 2015
882015
Lead and cadmium excretion in feces and urine of children from polluted townships near a lead-zinc mine in Kabwe, Zambia
J Yabe, SMM Nakayama, Y Ikenaka, YB Yohannes, N Bortey-Sam, ...
Chemosphere 202, 48-55, 2018
852018
Oxidative stress and respiratory symptoms due to human exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Kumasi, Ghana
N Bortey-Sam, Y Ikenaka, O Akoto, SMM Nakayama, KA Asante, E Baidoo, ...
Environmental pollution 228, 311-320, 2017
792017
Accumulation patterns and risk assessment of metals and metalloid in muscle and offal of free-range chickens, cattle and goat in Benin City, Nigeria
ET Ogbomida, SMM Nakayama, N Bortey-Sam, B Oroszlany, I Tongo, ...
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety 151, 98-108, 2018
772018
Levels, potential sources and human health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in particulate matter (PM10) in Kumasi, Ghana
N Bortey-Sam, Y Ikenaka, O Akoto, SMM Nakayama, YB Yohannes, ...
Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22, 9658-9667, 2015
652015
Ecological risk of heavy metals and a metalloid in agricultural soils in Tarkwa, Ghana
N Bortey-Sam, SMM Nakayama, O Akoto, Y Ikenaka, E Baidoo, ...
International journal of environmental research and public health 12 (9 …, 2015
642015
Contamination by neonicotinoid insecticides and their metabolites in Sri Lankan black tea leaves and Japanese green tea leaves
Y Ikenaka, K Fujioka, T Kawakami, T Ichise, N Bortey-Sam, ...
Toxicology reports 5, 744-749, 2018
482018
Distribution of heavy metals in organs of sheep and goat reared in Obuasi: A gold mining town in Ghana
O Akoto, N Bortey-Sam, SMM Nakayama, Y Ikenaka, E Baidoo
International Journal of Environmental Science and Toxicology, 2014
472014
One year exposure to Cd-and Pb-contaminated soil causes metal accumulation and alteration of global DNA methylation in rats
SMM Nakayama, H Nakata, Y Ikenaka, J Yabe, B Oroszlany, ...
Environmental Pollution 252, 1267-1276, 2019
452019
Association between human exposure to heavy metals/metalloid and occurrences of respiratory diseases, lipid peroxidation and DNA damage in Kumasi, Ghana
N Bortey-Sam, Y Ikenaka, O Akoto, SMM Nakayama, KA Asante, E Baidoo, ...
Environmental pollution 235, 163-170, 2018
432018
Contamination levels and sources of heavy metals and a metalloid in surface soils in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana
O Akoto, N Bortey-Sam, Y Ikenaka, SMM Nakayama, E Baidoo, ...
Journal of Health and pollution 7 (15), 28-39, 2017
332017
Identification of interspecific differences in phase II reactions: determination of metabolites in the urine of 16 mammalian species exposed to environmental pyrene
A Saengtienchai, Y Ikenaka, SMM Nakayama, H Mizukawa, M Kakehi, ...
Environmental toxicology and chemistry 33 (9), 2062-2069, 2014
322014
Bioaccumulation factors and multivariate analysis of heavy metals of three edible fish species from the Barekese reservoir in Kumasi, Ghana
E Gyimah, O Akoto, JK Mensah, N Bortey-Sam
Environmental monitoring and assessment 190, 1-9, 2018
232018
Spatial distribution, exposure, and health risk assessment of bioavailable forms of heavy metals in surface soils from abandoned landfill sites in Kumasi, Ghana
O Akoto, C Nimako, J Asante, D Bailey, N Bortey-Sam
Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 2018
222018
Sediment metal contamination in the Kafue River of Zambia and ecological risk assessment
E M’kandawire, K Choongo, J Yabe, M Mwase, N Saasa, SMM Nakayama, ...
Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 99, 108-116, 2017
212017
Heavy metals and metalloid accumulation in livers and kidneys of wild rats around gold-mining communities in Tarkwa, Ghana
N Bortey-Sam, SMM Nakayama, Y Ikenaka, O Akoto, E Baidoo, ...
Journal of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology 8 (7), 58-68, 2016
212016
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