Health consequences of exposure to e-waste: A systematic review

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Grant, Kristen ^a   Goldizen, Fiona C ^a   Sly, Peter D ^a   Brune, Marie Noel ^b   Neira, Maria ^b   van den Berg, Martin ^c   Norman, Rosana E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BARIUM; BENZO [B] FLUORANTHENE; BENZO [K] FLUORANTHENE; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; LEAD; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; NICKEL; PHENANTHRENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PROTEIN S 100; PYRENE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC; HAZARDOUS WASTE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHROMIUM BLOOD LEVEL; DNA DAMAGE; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID FUNCTION; VIOLENCE; CHILD; CRIME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECYCLING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECYCLING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84888375226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70101-3     Document Type: Article

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