Comparative evaluation of environmental contamination and DNA damage induced by electronic-waste in Nigeria and China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 423, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-72

  Alabi, Okunola A ^a,b,c   Bakare, Adekunle A ^c   Xu, Xijin ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Zhang, Yuling ^a   Huo, Xia ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b BABCOCK UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA damage; Electronic waste; Heavy metals; Organic contaminants

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; ALKALINE COMET ASSAY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; COMET ASSAYS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DAMAGES; E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; GENOTOXIC; HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES; HUMAN PERIPHERAL BLOOD; NEGATIVE CONTROL; NIGERIA; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; ORGANICS; PLANT SAMPLES; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SOIL SAMPLE; SURROUNDING SOILS;

CONTAMINATION; DNA; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEAVY METALS; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOILS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; DNA; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PBDE; PCB; PLANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; COMET ASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DUMPING; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PHYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHINA; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; METALS, HEAVY; NIGERIA; PLANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING; SOIL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; NIGERIA;

EID: 84862826827     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.056     Document Type: Article

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