Perceptions of health and environmental impacts of e-waste management in Ghana

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 500-517

  Agyei Mensah, Samuel ^a   Oteng Ababio, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

E waste recycling; environmental health; Ghana; poverty; risk perception

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POVERTY DETERMINANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CATHODE RAY TUBE; COMPUTER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; GHANA; GOVERNMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEVISION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

GHANA;

EID: 84868555309     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2012.667795     Document Type: Article

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