E-waste disposal effects on the aquatic environment: Accra, Ghana

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 229, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-34

  Huang, Jingyu ^a   Nkrumah, Philip Nti ^a,b   Anim, Desmond Ofosu ^a   Mensah, Ebenezer ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ELECTRONIC WASTE; GHANA; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ELECTRONIC WASTE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GHANA; METALS, HEAVY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84958981466     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03777-6_2     Document Type: Review

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