Open Journal of Yangtze Oil and Gas

Vol.3 No.3(2018), Paper ID 86010, 16 pages

DOI:10.4236/ojogas.2018.33017

 

Health Risk Assessment on Heavy Metals Ingestion through Groundwater Drinking Pathway for Residents in an Oil and Gas Producing Area of Rivers State, Nigeria

 

Raimi Morufu Olalekan, Adedoyin O. Omidiji, Deinkuro Nimisngha, Oluwaseun E. Odipe, Awogbami Stephen Olalekan

 

Department of Community Medicine, Environmental Health Unit, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Nigeria
Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Faculty of Social Sciences, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Nigeria
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Allied Health and Environmental Sciences, College of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria
Department of Environmental Health Science, Ekiti State College of Health Sciences and Technology, Ijero-Ekiti, Nigeria

 

Copyright © 2018 Raimi Morufu Olalekan, Adedoyin O. Omidiji, Deinkuro Nimisngha, Oluwaseun E. Odipe, Awogbami Stephen Olalekan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Olalekan, R. , Omidiji, A. , Nimisngha, D. , Odipe, O. and Olalekan, A. (2018) Health Risk Assessment on Heavy Metals Ingestion through Groundwater Drinking Pathway for Residents in an Oil and Gas Producing Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. Open Journal of Yangtze Oil and Gas, 3, 191-206. doi: 10.4236/ojogas.2018.33017.

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