Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in indoor air during waste TV recycling process

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 283, Issue , 2015, Pages 439-446

  Guo, Jie ^a   Lin, Kuangfei ^b   Deng, Jingjing ^b   Fu, Xiaoxu ^b   Xu, Zhenming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Particle pollution; Partition; Recycling process; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT;

INDOOR AIR; PARTICLE POLLUTION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); RECYCLING PROCESS;

PARTITIONS (BUILDING);

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; AIR POLLUTANT; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DUST;

AIR SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ETHER; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; FACE MASK; GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEATING; HUMAN; INHALATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHASE PARTITIONING; RECYCLING; TELEVISION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; DUST; ELECTRONIC WASTE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECYCLING; TELEVISION;

EID: 84907963929     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.09.044     Document Type: Article

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