Body loadings and health risk assessment of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans at an intensive electronic waste recycling site in China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7668-7674

  Chan, Janet K Y ^a   Guan, Hua Xing ^a   Xu, Ying ^b   Liang, Ying ^c   Ling, Xuan Chen ^d   Sheng, Chun Wu ^a   Wong, Chris K C ^a   Leung, Clement K M ^e   Wong, Ming H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c Luqiao Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^d Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of Luqiao District   (China)

^e HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; RECLAMATION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ELECTRONIC WASTES; HUMAN MILK;

HEALTH RISKS;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

FOOD PRODUCTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; RECLAMATION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PCDD; PCDF; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHINA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIMIPARA; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BENZOFURANS; CHINA; DIOXINS; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INCINERATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LINAN; ZHEJIANG;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 36248967151     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071492j     Document Type: Article

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