Hair mercury concentrations and associated factors in an electronic waste recycling area, Guiyu, China

Environmental Research

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 84-91

  Ni, Wenqing ^a   Chen, Yaowen ^b   Huang, Yue ^a   Wang, Xiaoling ^a   Zhang, Gairong ^b   Luo, Jiayi ^a   Wu, Kusheng ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic fuorescence spectrometry (AFS); E waste; Environmental pollution; Hair; Mercury; Public health

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HAIR; INCINERATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECYCLING; RESIDENCE TIME; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FEMALE; FISH INTAKE; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCINERATION; INCOME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; WORK ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ATOMIC FUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY (AFS); CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUIYU;

ATOMIC FUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY (AFS); E-WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAIR; MERCURY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MERCURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECYCLING; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895098348     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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