Health risk assessment of lead for children in tinfoil manufacturing and e-waste recycling areas of Zhejiang Province, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 426, Issue , 2012, Pages 106-112

  Wang, Xiaofeng ^a,b   Miller, Greg ^b   Ding, Gangqiang ^a   Lou, Xiaoming ^a   Cai, Delei ^a   Chen, Zhijian ^a   Meng, Jia ^a   Tang, Jun ^a   Chu, Cordia ^b   Mo, Zhe ^a   Han, Jianlong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; China; E waste; Health risk assessment; Lead; Tinfoil

Indexed keywords

AMINOLAEVULINIC ACID; BLOOD LEAD LEVELS; BLOOD UREA; CHILDREN; CHILDREN'S HEALTH; CHINA; CONTROL AREA; E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); GEOMETRIC MEAN; HEALTH IMPACT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETER; LEAD POLLUTION; POTENTIAL HEALTH; ZHEJIANG PROVINCE;

BLOOD; CALCIUM; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; MANUFACTURE; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIN FOIL; WASTES;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

ALUMINUM; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CALCIUM; CREATININE; LEAD; NITROGEN; UREA;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID WASTE;

ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SCHOOL CHILD; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; METALLURGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; CHUNAN; LANXI; LUQIAO; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84860685868     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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