Urinary heavy metal levels and relevant factors among people exposed to e-waste dismantling

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-85

  Wang, Hongmei ^a   Han, Mei ^a   Yang, Suwen ^a   Chen, Yanqing ^a   Liu, Qian ^a   Ke, Shen ^b  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

E waste dismantling; Urinary heavy metal levels

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; METAL WORKING; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS; WASTES;

E-WASTE RECYCLING; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; HEAVY METAL LEVELS; PEARSON CORRELATION ANALYSIS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; TOXIC HEAVY METALS;

ELECTRONIC WASTE;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECYCLING; RISK FACTOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING; RICE; RISK FACTOR; URINE LEVEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78349304231     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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