Source identification and health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with electronic dismantling in Guiyu town, South China

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Zhang, Delin ^a,b   An, Taicheng ^a   Qiao, Meng ^a,b   Loganathan, Bommanna G ^c   Zeng, Xiangying ^a   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic ratio; Electronic waste; Health risk; Occupational environments; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BENZO [A] PYRENE; CONTROL SITES; DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; ELECTRONIC DISMANTLING; ELECTRONIC WASTE; NIGHT TIME; OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTIC RECYCLING; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SAMPLING LOCATION; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; SOUTH CHINA; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ; WORK HOURS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; ASSOCIATED GAS; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROCARBONS; INCINERATION; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; COAL; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; PLASTIC; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

COAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEALTH RISK; INCINERATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAH; PLASTIC; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SAMPLING; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE DISMANTLING WORKSHOP; GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTIC RECYCLING WORKSHOP; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE INCINERATION FIELD;

CHINA; ELECTRONICS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUIYU;

EID: 79959756227     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.03.109     Document Type: Article

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