Risk assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls and heavy metals in soils of an abandoned e-waste site in China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 185, Issue , 2014, Pages 258-265

  Zhang, Quan ^a,b   Ye, Jingjia ^a   Chen, Jinyuan ^a   Xu, Hangjie ^a   Wang, Cui ^a,b   Zhao, Meirong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abandoned area; Electrical and electronic waste; Metals; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; IMPURITIES; LEAD; METALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; WASTES;

ABANDONED AREA; CHINESE HAMSTER OVARY CELLS; E-WASTE RECYCLING; ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC WASTES; HAZARD QUOTIENTS; HEAVY METALS IN SOIL; METAL RESIDUES; TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

CADMIUM; COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PCB; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHILD; CHINA; CHO CELL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ECOLOGY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NEMEROW INDEX; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHINA; TAIZHOU; ZHEJIANG;

CRICETULUS GRISEUS; TETRA;

ABANDONED AREA; ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC WASTE; METALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHINA; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84888997417     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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