A review of environmental fate, body burdens, and human health risk assessment of PCDD/Fs at two typical electronic waste recycling sites in China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 1111-1123

  Chan, Janet Kit Yan ^a   Wong, Ming H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Body burden; China; Electronic waste recycling; Health risk assessment; Polychlorinated dioxins and furans

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEALTH RISKS; NUTRITION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTES;

BODY BURDEN; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCHLORINATED DIOXINS; TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKE;

ELECTRONIC WASTE;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DIOXIN; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FURAN; HEALTH RISK; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOTA; BODY BURDEN; CHINA; DANGEROUS GOODS; DIETARY INTAKE; DUMPING; DUST; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INGESTION; INHALATION; LEACHING; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METAL RECOVERY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SKIN; SOIL; SOLID WASTE; STANDARD;

CHINA;

BODY BURDEN; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING; HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; POLYCHLORINATED DIOXINS AND FURANS;

BENZOFURANS; BODY BURDEN; CHINA; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84883455719     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.098     Document Type: Review

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