PCDD/Fs in air and soil around an e-waste dismantling area with open burning of insulated wires in South China

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 647-652

  Ren, M ^a   Tang, Y H ^a   Peng, P A ^a   Cai, Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Air; E waste; Open burning of insulated wires; PCDD Fs; Soil

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; FARMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTES; WIRE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHLORINATED CONGENERS; E-WASTES; OPEN BURNING; PCDD/FS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; TEQ CONCENTRATION; TOTAL TOXIC EQUIVALENTS;

INSULATED WIRE;

AIR POLLUTANT; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; DIOXIN; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZOFURANS; CHINA; DIOXINS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84939954234     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-015-1514-8     Document Type: Article

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