Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans pollution in China: Sources, environmental levels and potential human health impacts

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1050-1061

  Zheng, Gene J ^a   Leung, Anna O W ^a   Jiao, Li Ping ^b   Wong, Ming H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province   (China)

Author keywords

China: mainland; Hong Kong and Taiwan; Incineration; PCDD Fs; Polychlorophenols; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AIR POLLUTION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION; RECYCLING; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; SOLID WASTES; WASTES;

CHINA: MAINLAND; HONG-KONG; PCDD/FS; POLYCHLOROPHENOLS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

WASTE INCINERATION;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DIBENZOFURAN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; TRICLOSAN;

BURNING; COASTAL SEDIMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE POLLUTION; PCDD; PCDF; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; COMBUSTION; DRY WEIGHT; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARD; INCINERATION; LAKE SEDIMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT RESIDUE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICOKINETICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUIYU; HONG KONG; HONG KONG ISLAND; HUBEI; JIANGXI; TAIWAN; VICTORIA HARBOUR; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 50449111151     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.02.011     Document Type: Review

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