The electronics revolution: From e-wonderland to e-wasteland

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5953, 2009, Pages 670-671

  Ogunseitan, Oladele A ^a   Schoenung, Julie M ^b   Saphores, Jean Daniel M ^c   Shapiro, Andrew A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION POLICY; REGULATORY APPROACH; WASTELAND;

DANGEROUS GOODS; EDUCATION; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MOBILE PHONE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SOLID WASTE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350604088     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1176929     Document Type: Review

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34. Funded in part by NSF (CMS-0524903) and the University of California Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program (UC-44157).