peer reviewedBackground: Environmental pollutants are known to be ubiquitous and may present toxic effects (endocrine-disruption properties, carcinogenicity ...) and represent a real threat to human health. The aim of the present pilot study was to assess the content of environmental pollutants (inorganic, persistent, and non-persistent pollutants) in biological samples (urine, serum, and whole blood), collected from volunteers in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, in order to identify pollutants of interest and to design a protocol for a larger scale study. Methods: From randomly selected 15 volunteers living in Kinshasa, aged from 25 to 66 years, (mean age = 43,4 years), including 10 men and 5 women, urine, whole blood, a...
Chemical pollution, i.e. the release of anthropogenic chemical substances into the environment, is a...
Africa faces a number of unique environmental challenges. Unfortunately, it lacks the infrastructure...
This paper discusses the occurrence and spatial distribution of metals and persistent organic pollut...
Abstract Background Environmental pollutants are known to be ubiquitous and may present toxic effect...
The DRC, as most of African nations, does not have a national biomonitoring programme and there is a...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The particularly high rate of urbanization in Kinshasa (Democratic Republ...
The aim of this review was to summarise the available HBM data in DRC in order to provide recommenda...
peer reviewedLead exists naturally in the earth's crust and it is widely used as a heavy metal. It i...
Background: Humans, independent on where they live, are exposed to complex and various mixtures of c...
Children in low- and middle-income countries are often exposed to higher levels of chemicals and are...
Humans are continuously exposed to complex mixtures of anthropogenic chemicals. This thesis focus on...
The increasing contamination of fresh water resource by toxic metals and Persistence Organic Polluta...
This study focuses on determining the toxicological risks of urban waste from the city of Uvira, dis...
Contamination of aquatic environments by pollutants of emerging concern (PEC) creates new public hea...
The authors gratefully acknowledge the Department of Tertiary Education Funding in Botswana, for pro...
Chemical pollution, i.e. the release of anthropogenic chemical substances into the environment, is a...
Africa faces a number of unique environmental challenges. Unfortunately, it lacks the infrastructure...
This paper discusses the occurrence and spatial distribution of metals and persistent organic pollut...
Abstract Background Environmental pollutants are known to be ubiquitous and may present toxic effect...
The DRC, as most of African nations, does not have a national biomonitoring programme and there is a...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The particularly high rate of urbanization in Kinshasa (Democratic Republ...
The aim of this review was to summarise the available HBM data in DRC in order to provide recommenda...
peer reviewedLead exists naturally in the earth's crust and it is widely used as a heavy metal. It i...
Background: Humans, independent on where they live, are exposed to complex and various mixtures of c...
Children in low- and middle-income countries are often exposed to higher levels of chemicals and are...
Humans are continuously exposed to complex mixtures of anthropogenic chemicals. This thesis focus on...
The increasing contamination of fresh water resource by toxic metals and Persistence Organic Polluta...
This study focuses on determining the toxicological risks of urban waste from the city of Uvira, dis...
Contamination of aquatic environments by pollutants of emerging concern (PEC) creates new public hea...
The authors gratefully acknowledge the Department of Tertiary Education Funding in Botswana, for pro...
Chemical pollution, i.e. the release of anthropogenic chemical substances into the environment, is a...
Africa faces a number of unique environmental challenges. Unfortunately, it lacks the infrastructure...
This paper discusses the occurrence and spatial distribution of metals and persistent organic pollut...