Exposure to flame retardants in electronics recycling sites

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 658-665

  Rosenberg, Christina ^a   Hämeilä, Mervi ^a   Tornaeus, Jarkko ^a   Säkkinen, Kirsi ^a   Puttonen, Katriina ^a   Korpi, Anne ^b   Kiilunen, Mirja ^a   Linnainmaa, Markku ^a   Hesso, Antti ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

decabromodiphenylethane; electrical waste; electronic waste; polybrominated diphenyl ethers; tetrabromobisphenol A

Indexed keywords

DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; ELECTRICAL WASTES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); EMISSION CONTROL; ETHANE; ETHERS; HEALTH HAZARDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RECYCLING;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DECHLORANE PLUS; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPOSURE; FINLAND; GAS MASK; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECYCLING; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; FINLAND; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; RECYCLING; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; VENTILATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79960366126     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer033     Document Type: Article

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