Chromium exposure among children from an electronic waste recycling town of China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1778-1785

  Xu, Xijin ^a   Yekeen, Taofeek Akangbe ^a   Liu, Junxiao ^a   Zhuang, Bingrong ^a   Li, Weiqiu ^a   Huo, Xia ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Blood; Children; Chromium; E waste; Physical growth; Weight

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING; RISK FACTOR; THORAX;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CHROMIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECYCLING; RISK FACTORS; THORAX;

EID: 84931416762     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2345-y     Document Type: Article

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