Human and environmental impact produced by E-waste releases at Guiyu Region (China)

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue , 2013, Pages 349-384

  Suciu, N ^a   Capri, E ^a   Trevisan, M ^a   Tanaka, T ^b   Tien, H ^c   Heise, S ^c   Schuhmacher, M ^d   Nadal, M ^d   Rovira, J ^d   Segui X ^e   Casal, J ^e   Darbra, R M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^c HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DeBDE; E waste; Human health; Lead; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913592574     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/698_2012_187     Document Type: Chapter

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