Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Faridah H Were

Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRDI), P.O. Box 30650 - 00100, Nairobi, Kenya

Biography

Faridah Hussein Were is a Ph.D. holder in Chemistry from the University of Nairobi. She has about 15 years of research work and teaching experience at the university level. She has served as a senior research scientist with a strong background of research focused on the assessment of environmental and occupational exposures mainly heavy metals (lead, cadmium, nickel, and chromium) and inhalable particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) in different media such as human nails, hair, blood, urine, air, house dust and soils, and related adverse health effects.

Publications

Respiratory Diseases Due to Occupational Exposure to Nickel and Chromium among Factory Workers in Kenya

Inhalation of airborne nickel (Ni) and chromium (Cr) in workplaces causes a variety of respiratory ailments which adversely affects the productivity of employees. A study was therefore conducted on production workers (N=233) from six different types industrial plants, to investigate the influence of Ni and Cr exposure on their respiratory systems. ... Read More»

Faridah H Were, Charles Moturi M, Geoffrey N Kamau and Godfrey A Wafula

Research Article: J Community Med Health Educ 2013, 3:252

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000252

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