Additives and Other Hazardous Compounds in Electronic Products and Their Waste

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 57-81

  Westerdahl, Jenny ^a   Belhaj, Mohammed ^a   Rydberg, Tomas ^a   Munthe, John ^a   Darbra, Rosa Mari ^b   Àgueda, Alba ^b   Heise, Susanne ^c   Ziyang, Lou ^d  

^a IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Additives; Electronic products; Hazardous substances; Pb; PBDE; Risks; ROHS; TPP; WEEE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892425527     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/698_2011_114     Document Type: Chapter

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