Potential environmental pollution and human health risk assessment due to leachate contamination of groundwater from anthropogenic impacted site by Omobolaji O. Afolabi, Elekwachi Wali, Eze C. Ihunda, Maureen C. Orji, Victoria O. Emelu, Lilian C. Bosco-Abiahu, Nnamdi C. Ogbuehi, Sunny O. Asomaku, Odinaka A. Wali

“…The THQ trended as Cd>Co>Zn>Ba>Mn>Cu>Cr>Ni>As>Pb for children across all the landfills. …”
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Intake of toxic metals through dietary eggs consumption and its potential health risk assessment on the peoples of the capital city Dhaka, Bangladesh by Abdus Samad, Dulon Roy, Md. Mahmodul Hasan, Khondoker Shahin Ahmed, Smita Sarker, Md. Muzammel Hossain, Md. Shajahan

“…The evaluated foodstuffs can be consumed with low or less risk of exposure to heavy metals because the computed values of THQ and CR were below their respective allowed thresholds.…”
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Potential health risk assessment for heavy metals in Tilapia fish of different spatiotemporal monitoring patterns in Kafr El-Shaikh and El-Faiyum Governorates of Egypt by Mohamed Bedair M. Ahmed, Gomaa N. Abdel-Rahman, Mohamed E.M. Ali, Essam M. Saleh, Osama M. Morsy, Mohamed R. Elgohary, Magdy M. Saad, Yasser M. Awad

“…Meanwhile, THQ values for all HMs, in spring season 2021, were less than one whole. …”
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Heavy metal accumulation and health risk assessment in S. alterniflora Loisel. and native plant Suaeda salsa (L.) Pall. in Dongtai Tiaozini wetland by Guo Li, Zhenjie Cai, Suzhen Huang, Zijie Song, Yumiao Zhang, Zheng Zheng, Ruixue Luo, Shoubing Wang

“…For other heavy metals, THQ was less than 1, indicating no health risk. …”
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Determination of Pharmaceuticals, Heavy Metals, and Oxysterols in Fish Muscle by Barbara Bobrowska-Korczak, Agnieszka Stawarska, Arkadiusz Szterk, Karol Ofiara, Małgorzata Czerwonka, Joanna Giebułtowicz

“…However, the THQ for As remained >1 indicated possible risk from those metals. …”
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Comparison of External Fixation with Illizarov Method Versus Open Reduction with Locking Plate in Comminuted Distal Radius Fractures by Muhammad Umair Abbas, Shuja Uddin, Safdar Iqbal, Zaigham Habib, Hafiz M. Umar, Muhammad Naeem Hassan, Ahmed Umair Asad Khan

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Potential Human Health Risks of Tannery Waste-contaminated Poultry Feed by Mohammad Latiful Bari, Hasina Akhter Simol, Nusrat Khandoker, Rokeya Begum, Ummay Nasrin Sultana

“…The estimated daily intake value, THQ, along with the aggregate hazard index value, indicated a potential risk to consumers through consumption of contaminated chicken. …”

Health risk Assessment of Traditional Pastries Marketed in City of Kermanshah in 2019 with Emphasis on Potential Risk of Pb, Cd, Cr and Cu by Fatemeh Farrokhi, Soheil Sobhanardakani, Lobat Taghavi

“…Also, the mean contents of Pb in Nan-e Berenji samples were higher than the WHO maximum permissible limits (MPL). Besides, THQ values were within the safe limits (THQ < 1), and there is no potential health risk for adults and children via the consumption of analyzed traditional pastries. …”
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Human health risk assessment of edible body parts of chicken through heavy metals and trace elements quantitative analysis. by Easmin Hossain, Meherun Nesha, Muhammed Alamgir Zaman Chowdhury, Syed Hafizur Rahman

“…The calculated THQ and total target hazard quotient (TTHQ) values were measured at less than one, suggesting that the consumption of chicken meat has no carcinogenic danger to its consumers. …”
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Trace metals in transboundary (India–Myanmar–Bangladesh) anadromous fish Tenualosa ilisha and its consequences on human health by Afsana Parvin, Md Kamal Hossain, Afroza Parvin, M. Belal Hossain, Md Aftab Ali Shaikh, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Badhan Saha, Priyanka Dey Suchi, Fahima Islam, Takaomi Arai

“…To assess the risk that toxic metals pose to human health, certain health risk indices—estimated daily intake (EDI), target hazard quotient (THQ), total target hazard quotient (TTHQ), and target cancer risk (TR)—were calculated. …”
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Mercury Content in Three Edible Wild-Growing Mushroom Species from Different Environmentally Loaded Areas in Slovakia: An Ecological and Human Health Risk Assessment by Lenka Demková, Július Árvay, Martin Hauptvogl, Jana Michalková, Marek Šnirc, Ľuboš Harangozo, Lenka Bobuľská, Daniel Bajčan, Vladimír Kunca

“…The lowest values of <i>THQ</i> were found for <i>Xerocomellus chysenteron.…”
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First Report on the Presence of Toxic Metals and Metalloids in East Asian Bullfrog (<i>Hoplobatrachus rugulosus</i>) Legs by Emanuela Bacchi, Gaetano Cammilleri, Marina Tortorici, Francesco Giuseppe Galluzzo, Licia Pantano, Vittorio Calabrese, Antonio Vella, Andrea Macaluso, Gianluigi Maria Lo Dico, Vincenzo Ferrantelli, Mariagrazia Brunone

“…The target hazard quotient (THQ) ratio for Cr was not exceeded for all the samples analysed. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE RUSSIAN PRIMARY DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION SYSTEM AND PROPOSALS FOR ITS OPTIMIZATION by V. A. Korshunov, A. Ya. Mindlina, Yu. E. Vjazovichenko

“…The surveyt rebealed low awareness of thq adverse health effect of drug abuse and high willingness to try drugs. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccination Status as Well as Factors Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy among Prisoners and the Implications by Alina Shabir, Noorah A. Alkubaisi, Amna Shafiq, Muhammad Salman, Mohamed A. Baraka, Zia Ul Mustafa, Yusra Habib Khan, Tauqeer Hussain Malhi, Johanna C. Meyer, Brian Godman

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Trio-Drug Combination of Sodium Valproate, Baclofen and Thymoquinone Exhibits Synergistic Anticonvulsant Effects in Rats and Neuro-Protective Effects in HEK-293 Cells by Faheem Hyder Pottoo, Mohammed Salahuddin, Firdos Alam Khan, Batool Taleb Albaqshi, Mohamed S. Gomaa, Fatima S. Abdulla, Noora AlHajri, Mohammad N. Alomary

“…We investigated a progressive preclinical trial in rats, whereby the test drugs; sodium valproate (SVP; 150 and 300 mg/kg), baclofen (BFN; 5 and 10 mg/kg), and thymoquinone (THQ; 40 and 80 mg/kg) were administered (i.p, once/day for 15 days) alone, and as low dose combinations, and subsequently tested for antiseizure and neuroprotective potential using electrical stimulation of neurons by Maximal electroshock (MES). …”
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Plastic additives in commercial fish of Aegean and Ionian Seas and potential hazard to human health by Dimitra Marmara, Maria Violetta Brundo, Roberta Pecoraro, Elena Maria Scalisi, Martina Contino, Carmen Sica, Greta Ferruggia, Stefania Indelicato, Rosario Velardita, Francesco Tiralongo, Evangelia Krasakopoulou

“…The level of risk via fish consumption, based on the Estimated Daily Intake and the Target Hazard Quotient (THQ), showed that the PAEs and BPA had a low likelihood of a negative effect occurring for every scenario that was examined, although THQ for BPA indicated there was a higher likelihood than PAEs of an adverse effect to be presented. …”
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The Accumulation of Toxic Elements (Pb, Hg, Cd, As, and Cu) in Red Swamp Crayfish (<i>Procambarus clarkii</i>) in Qianjiang and the Associated Risks to Human Health by Lang Zhang, Ziwei Song, Yuntao Zhou, Shan Zhong, Yali Yu, Ting Liu, Xiaoping Gao, Lekang Li, Chiping Kong, Xinna Wang, Li He, Jinhua Gan

“…The THQ values for each metal were found to be less than 1, while the CR values were below 10^–6. …”
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Heavy metals in wild and cultured shrimp, supplied feeds, and their habitats: Assessing public health risk by Md. Jahangir Sarker, Saima Sultana, Sohana Hossain, Jimmy Yu, Takaomi Arai, M. Belal Hossain

“…The THQ for Cd and Cr were higher than the threshold (>1) indicating potential health hazards. …”
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Human health risk assessment of selected metal(loid)s via crayfish (Faxonius virilis; Procambarus acutus acutus) consumption in Missouri by Abua Ikem, Olukayode James Ayodeji, James Wetzel

“…The EDI/EWI values were below the permissible limits. THQ and TTHQ values, being below 1.0, indicated no probabilistic health risk. …”
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Heavy Metals Size Distribution in PM10 and Environmental-Sanitary Risk Analysis in Acerra (Italy) by Paola Di Vaio, Elisa Magli, Giuseppe Caliendo, Angela Corvino, Ferdinando Fiorino, Francesco Frecentese, Irene Saccone, Vincenzo Santagada, Beatrice Severino, Giuseppe Onorati, Giuseppina D’Onofrio Freda, Cosimo Manzo, Elisa Perissutti

“…To assess the health risk related to the inhalation to airborne PM10 metals, we applied the Cancer Risk (CR) and Target Hazard Quotient (THQ). The results showed that the CR was similar for a child and an adult, while the THQ proved to be higher for a child than for an adult. …”
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