Levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and biphenyls (PCBs) in blood of informal e-waste recycling workers from Agbogbloshie, Ghana, and controls

Environment International

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-73

  Wittsiepe, Jürgen ^a   Fobil, Julius N ^b   Till, Holger ^c   Burchard, Gerd Dieter ^d,e   Wilhelm, Michael ^a   Feldt, Torsten ^d,f  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c GIZ Regional Coordination Unit for HIV and TB (GiZ ReCHT)   (Ghana)

^d BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agbogbloshie; E waste; Ghana; Human blood; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD Fs)

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTES;

AGBOGBLOSHIE; GHANA; HUMAN BLOODS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DIBENZO(1,4)DIOXIN; DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOHALOGEN; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; WASTE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; WORKER; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

AGBOGBLOSHIE; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

ADULT; BENZOFURANS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIOXINS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925064674     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.03.008     Document Type: Article

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