E-waste: The growing global problem and next steps

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 131-135

  Heacock, Michelle ^a   Kelly, Carol Bain ^b   Suk, William A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MDB   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's health; E Waste; Environmental contamination; International cooperation; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CHILD; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCIENTIST; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POLLUTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84962735071     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2015-0044     Document Type: Article

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