Polychlorinated biphenyls in human hair at an e-waste site in China: Composition profiles and chiral signatures in comparison to dust

Environment International

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 128-133

  Zheng, Jing ^a,b   Yan, Xiao ^b   Chen, She Jun ^c   Peng, Xiao Wu ^a   Hu, Guo Cheng ^a   Chen, Ke Hui ^c   Luo, Xiao Jun ^c   Mai, Bi Xian ^c   Yang, Zhong Yi ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Chiral signature; Dust; Human hair; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Source

Indexed keywords

DUST; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; WASTES;

AGE DEPENDENCE; CHIRAL SIGNATURES; COMPOSITION PROFILE; CONGENER PROFILES; DOMESTIC DUST; E-WASTE; ELDERLY PEOPLE; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); ENANTIOMER FRACTIONS; HOMOLOGUE PROFILE; HUMAN HAIR; INTERNAL SOURCE; MEASUREMENTS OF; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PCB CONCENTRATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); PRE SCHOOLS; SOURCE; SOUTHERN CHINA; WORKERS';

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOMESTIC WASTE; DUST; HAIR; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHINA; CHIRALITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENANTIOMER; HAIR ANALYSIS; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

CHINA;

EID: 84874383026     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.01.018     Document Type: Article

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