Pollution distribution of heavy metals in surface soil at an informal electronic-waste recycling site

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 159-168

  Fujimori, Takashi ^a,b   Takigami, Hidetaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

E waste recycling; Heavy metal; Pollution distribution; Portable XRF; Surface soil

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ORGANOHALOGEN; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RECYCLING; SOIL POLLUTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; ZINC;

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION; PHILIPPINES;

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHILIPPINES; RECYCLING; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY;

COPPER; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; PHILIPPINES; RECYCLING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; ZINC;

EID: 84891663705     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-013-9526-y     Document Type: Article

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