Estimation of waste from computers and mobile phones in Iran

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-29

  Rahmani, Mehdi ^a   Nabizadeh, Ramin ^a   Yaghmaeian, Kamyar ^a   Mahvi, Amir Hossein ^a   Yunesian, Massoud ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Logistic equation; Obsolete computers; Obsolete mobile phones; Time series model

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ESTIMATION; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES;

E-WASTE GENERATIONS; LOGISTIC EQUATIONS; LOGISTIC FUNCTIONS; OBSOLETE COMPUTER; OBSOLETE EQUIPMENTS; TIME SERIES MODELING; TIME SERIES MODELS; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLID WASTE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE GENERATION; END OF LIFE WASTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRAN; LOGISTIC GROWTH MODEL; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WASTE AND WASTE RELATED PHENOMENA;

IRAN;

EID: 84898447145     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.03.009     Document Type: Article

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