Electronic waste - An emerging threat to the environment of urban India

Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Needhidasan, Santhanam ^a   Samuel, Melvin ^b   Chidambaram, Ramalingam ^b  

^a SAVEETHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biological leaching; Chemical leaching; E waste; Environmental hazard; Occupational hazard; Toxic

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; LEACHING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

INDIA;

EID: 84904700642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2052336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-336X-12-36     Document Type: Review

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