Particle-bound PCDD/Fs in the atmosphere of an electronic waste dismantling area in China

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-111

  Wen, Sheng ^a,b   Gong, Yan ^c   Li, JingGuang ^a   Shi, TingMing ^b   Zhao, YunFeng ^a   Wu, YongNing ^a,c  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

E waste; Particle; PCDD Fs; Source

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BENZOFURANS; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEASONS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 79955878687     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/0895-3988.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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