Tetrabromobisphenol A contamination and emission in printed circuit board production and implications for human exposure

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 273, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-35

  Zhou, Xiaoyu ^a   Guo, Jie ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Zhou, Peng ^a   Deng, Jingjing ^a   Lin, Kuangfei ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Emission; Human exposure; PCB production; TBBPA

Indexed keywords

DUST; EFFLUENTS; NEUTRON EMISSION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

DERMAL ABSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; HUMAN EXPOSURES; OCCUPATIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCBS); SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; TBBPA; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; WATER; AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; FLAME RETARDANT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENOL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOLID WASTE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; EFFLUENT; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INHALATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SKIN ABSORPTION; SLUDGE; SOLID WASTE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; COMPUTER; DUST; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COMPUTERS; DUST; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 84897533620     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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