Elevated concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in hair from workers at an electronic waste recycling facility in Eastern China

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 186, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 1966-1971

  Ma, Jing ^a,b,c   Cheng, Jinping ^a   Wang, Wenhua ^a   Kunisue, Tatsuya ^b   Wu, Minghong ^c   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^b,d  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; E Waste; Hair; PBDEs; PCDD Fs

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; E-WASTE; HAIR; PBDES; PCDD/FS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ETHERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RECYCLING; WASTES;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAIR; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCDD; PCDF; RECYCLING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; POPULATION; RECYCLING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENZOFURANS; CHINA; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAIR; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; RECYCLING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751531741     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.12.091     Document Type: Article

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