Human health risk assessment of occupational and residential exposures to dechlorane plus in the manufacturing facility area in China and comparison with e-waste recycling site

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 445-446, Issue , 2013, Pages 329-336

  Wang, De Gao ^a,b   Alaee, Mehran ^b   Byer, Jonathan D ^b,c   Brimble, Samantha ^b   Pacepavicius, Grazina ^b  

^a DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dechlorane plus; E waste recycling site; Facility; Reference dose; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

BDE-209; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; DECHLORANE PLUS; DERMAL CONTACTS; DIETARY INTAKES; E-WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EXPOSURE DOSE; HAZARD INDICES; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; MANUFACTURING FACILITY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POLLUTED AREA; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; REFERENCE DOSE; SCREENING LEVEL; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

ETHERS; FACILITIES; FLAME RETARDANTS; HAZARDS; MANUFACTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RECYCLING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

WASTES;

DECHLORANE PLUS; FLAME RETARDANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ETHER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDUSTRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84872692832     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.059     Document Type: Article

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