Exposure of electronics dismantling workers to polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls, and qrganochlorine pesticides in South China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5647-5653

  Bi, Xinhui ^a,b   Thomas, Gareth O ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^a   Qu, Weiyue ^b   Sheng, Guoying ^b,d   Martin, Francis L ^c   Fu, Jiamo ^b,d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ETHERS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PESTICIDES; RECLAMATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; WASTE RECYCLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ETHERS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PESTICIDES; RECLAMATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; FISHING INDUSTRY; LIPID; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FISHING; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECYCLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUIYU;

EID: 34548066296     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070346a     Document Type: Article

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