Open AccessHeavy metal content of rice meals sold in a Nigerian market population with a high prevalence of hypertension
Author(s) -
Raphael Anakwue,
Ifeyinwa Dorothy Nnakenyi,
A.N. Maduforo,
Ekenechukwu Young,
C. O. Okoli,
Chika Ndiokwelu,
Charles Ezenduka
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of african medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1596-3519
DOI - 10.4103/aam.aam_12_20
Subject(s) - white rice , cadmium , population , medicine , brown rice , toxicology , mercury (programming language) , heavy metals , food science , biology , environmental health , chemistry , organic chemistry , computer science , environmental chemistry , programming language
Some market populations in Nigeria have been shown to have high prevalence of hypertension. Current evidence includes environmental pollutants such as heavy metals as risk factors for hypertension.