Tetrabromobisphenol A and heavy metal exposure via dust ingestion in an e-waste recycling region in Southeast China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 541, Issue , 2016, Pages 356-364

  Wu, Yuanyuan ^a   Li, Yanyan ^a   Kang, Duan ^a   Wang, Jingjing ^a   Zhang, Yanfang ^a   Du, Dongli ^a   Pan, Bishu ^b   Lin, Zhenkun ^a   Huang, Changjiang ^a   Dong, Qiaoxiang ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Taizhou Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Dust; E waste recycling area; Exposure; Heavy metals; TBBPA

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FLAME RETARDANTS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; RECYCLING; WASTES;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; E-WASTE RECYCLING; EXPOSURE; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; METAL EXPOSURES; RESIDENTIAL HOUSE; TBBPA; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A;

DUST;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; AIR POLLUTANT; FLAME RETARDANT; HEAVY METAL; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; HEAVY METAL; PHENOL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WASTE FACILITY;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INGESTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECYCLING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84943570608     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.038     Document Type: Article

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