How much e-waste is there in US basements and attics? Results from a national survey

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3322-3331

  Saphores, Jean Daniel M ^a   Nixon, Hilary ^b   Ogunseitan, Oladele A ^a   Shapiro, Andrew A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

E waste; Inflated counts; Negative binomial regression; Poisson regression

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEY; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; INCOME; LAW; POLICY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69349104712     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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