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Yoshinori Ikenaka
Researcher at North-West University
Publications - 248
Citations - 4702
Yoshinori Ikenaka is an academic researcher from North-West University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Biology. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 210 publications receiving 3397 citations. Previous affiliations of Yoshinori Ikenaka include Shinshu University & Hokkaido University.
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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)
Nesta Bortey-Sam,Shouta M.M. Nakayama,Yoshinori Ikenaka,Osei Akoto,Elvis Baidoo,Yared B. Yohannes,Hazuki Mizukawa,Mayumi Ishizuka +7 more
TL;DR: From the results, daily intakes of As, Cd, Hg, Pb and Mn in these food animals were low compared to the provisional tolerable daily intake guidelines, and indicated that contributions of chicken gizzard and liver to toxic metal exposure in adults and especially children could be significant.
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An overview on mycotoxin contamination of foods in Africa.
Wageh Sobhy Darwish,Wageh Sobhy Darwish,Yoshinori Ikenaka,Shouta M.M. Nakayama,Mayumi Ishizuka +4 more
TL;DR: In Africa, mycotoxin contamination is considered to be a major problem with implications that affect human and animal health and economy, and the recommended strategies for control of mycotoxins in food and agricultural crops are discussed.
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Antibiotic residues in food: the African scenario
Wageh Sobhy Darwish,Elsaid A. Eldaly,Mohamed El-Abbasy,Yoshinori Ikenaka,Shouta M.M. Nakayama,Mayumi Ishizuka +5 more
TL;DR: It has been reported that tetracyclines are the most predominantly prescribed antibiotics in Africa, and of all antibiotic-associated residues they represent 41% of cases, followed by beta-lactams at 18%.
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Lead poisoning in children from townships in the vicinity of a lead–zinc mine in Kabwe, Zambia ☆
John Yabe,Shouta M.M. Nakayama,Yoshinori Ikenaka,Yared B. Yohannes,Nesta Bortey-Sam,Balazs Oroszlany,Kaampwe Muzandu,Kennedy Choongo,Abel Nketani Kabalo,John Ntapisha,Aaron S. Mweene,Takashi Umemura,Mayumi Ishizuka +12 more
TL;DR: Investigation of BLLs in children under the age of 7 years in townships around the mine in Kabwe, the capital of Zambia's Central Province found that children in these areas could be at serious risk of Pb toxicity as 18% of the sampled children in Chowa, 57% (Kasanda) and 25% (Makululu) had B LLs exceeding 65 μg dL(-1).
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Health risk assessment of heavy metals and metalloid in drinking water from communities near gold mines in Tarkwa, Ghana.
Nesta Bortey-Sam,Shouta M.M. Nakayama,Yoshinori Ikenaka,Osei Akoto,Elvis Baidoo,Hazuki Mizukawa,Mayumi Ishizuka +6 more
TL;DR: The results of this study showed that residents in Tarkwa who use and drink water from boreholes could be at serious risk from exposure to these heavy metals and metalloid.