Relationship between e-waste recycling and human health risk in India: a critical review

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 11509-11532

  Awasthi, Abhishek Kumar ^a   Zeng, Xianlai ^a   Li, Jinhui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

E waste; Exposure sources and pathways; Human health; Informal recycling

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; LITERATURE REVIEW; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

INDIA;

POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDIA; POLLUTANT; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INDIA; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84958249187     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6085-7     Document Type: Article

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