Waste from electrical and electronic equipment

Environmental Science and Engineering (Subseries: Environmental Science)

Volumn , Issue 9783642286803, 2012, Pages 197-216

  Chandrappa, Ramesha ^a   Das, Diganta Bhusan ^b  

^a Karnataka State Pollution Control Board   (India)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC WASTE; EQUIPMENT; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC GOODS; WASTE FROM ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84979461935     PISSN: 18635520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-28681-0_8     Document Type: Chapter

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