The mobile phone: Powerful communicator and potential metal dissipator

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-135

  Reller, Armin ^a   Bublies, Thomas ^b   Staudinger, Thomas ^c   Oswald, Irina ^d   Meiner S ^a   Allen, Matthew ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UPM Kymmene   (Germany)

^c AIP Augsburg Integration Plus GmbH   (Germany)

^d Oekom Research AG   (Germany)

^e German American Chamber of Commerce New York City   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissipation of spice metals; Information and communication society; Mobile phone; Raw materials use; Systemic risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849101238     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.18.2.10     Document Type: Article

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