Hazardous substances in indoor dust emitted from waste TV recycling facility

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7656-7667

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

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

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs); Dust; Heavy metals; Human exposure; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA); Waste television

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; BIOACCUMULATION; DUST; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEAVY METAL; INDOOR AIR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RECYCLING; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

2,2',4,4',5-BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4'-TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DANGEROUS GOODS; DECABROMOBIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DUST; FLAME RETARDANT; HEAVY METAL; HEXABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 153; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A;

ANALYSIS; DANGEROUS GOODS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; RECYCLING; TELEVISION;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING; TELEVISION;

EID: 84902546686     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2662-9     Document Type: Article

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