E-waste economics: A Nigerian perspective

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 199-213

  Ejiogu, Amanze Rajesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Developing countries; Dumping; E waste; Economics; Electronic equipment and components; Nigeria; Poverty; Scrap

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874135734     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777831311303083     Document Type: Article

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