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 | 264 | 2015 |
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 | 169 | 2015 |
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 | 163 | 2015 |
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 | 131 | 2014 |
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 | 87 | 2018 |
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 | 87 | 2015 |
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 | 81 | 2018 |
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 | 80 | 2017 |
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 | 66 | 2015 |
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 | 65 | 2015 |
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 | 48 | 2018 |
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 | 47 | 2014 |
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 | 46 | 2019 |
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 | 44 | 2018 |
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 | 34 | 2017 |
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 | 32 | 2014 |
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 | 24 | 2018 |
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 | 23 | 2018 |
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 | 22 | 2017 |
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 | 21 | 2016 |