Use of scalp hair as indicator of human exposure to heavy metals in an electronic waste recycling area

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 2445-2451

  Wang, Thanh ^a   Fu, Jianjie ^a   Wang, Yawei ^a   Liao, Chunyang ^a   Tao, Yongqing ^b   Jiang, Guibin ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Shangyu Environmental Protection Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Electronic waste recycling; Hair; Heavy metals; Human exposure; Multivariate analysis; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CONTROL AREA; E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING; ELEVATED LEVEL; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HAIR; HUMAN EXPOSURE; HUMAN EXPOSURES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANK ORDER; SCALP HAIR;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BARIUM; CHROMIUM; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; TRACE ANALYSIS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; HAIR; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RECYCLING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METAL RECOVERY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECYCLING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SCALP HAIR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HAIR; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 68649103717     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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