Halogenated organic pollutants in particulate matters emitted during recycling of waste printed circuit boards in a typical e-waste workshop of Southern China

Chemosphere

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 143-150

  Ren, Zhaofang ^a,b   Xiao, Xiao ^a,b   Chen, Deyi ^a   Bi, Xinhui ^a   Huang, Bo ^a,b   Liu, Ming ^a,b   Hu, Jianfang ^a   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a,c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Electronic waste; PBDEs; POPs; Printed circuit boards

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HALOGENATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RECYCLING; TIMING CIRCUITS; WASTES;

AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; DIOXINS; E-WASTE RECYCLING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PBDES; POPS; RECYCLING OF WASTES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PBDE; PCDD; RECYCLING; WASTE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; ELECTRONIC WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; RECYCLING; WORKSHOP; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84887143432     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.09.065     Document Type: Article

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