Dechlorane plus in human hair from an e-waste recycling area in South China: Comparison with dust

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 9298-9303

  Zheng, Jing ^a   Wang, Jing ^b,c   Luo, Xiao Jun ^b   Tian, Mi ^b,c   He, Luo Yiyi ^a   Yuan, Jian Gang ^a   Mai, Bi Xian ^b   Yang, Zhong Yi ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; CONTROL AREA; DECHLORINATION PRODUCTS; DUST SAMPLES; E-WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN HAIR; INDOOR DUST; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REGRESSION LINES; SOUTH CHINA;

CHLORINE; DECHLORINATION; OLEFINS; RECYCLING; WASTES;

DUST;

CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; DECHLORANE; FLAME RETARDANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; DECHLORINATION; DUST; HAIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RECYCLING;

ART; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECHLORINATION; DUST; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RECYCLING; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; DUST; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 78650300955     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103105x     Document Type: Article

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