@article {15092,
	title = {Exposure to typical persistent organic pollutants from an electronic waste recycling site in Northern China},
	journal = {Chemosphere},
	volume = {91},
	number = {2},
	year = {2013},
	note = {Times Cited: 33Zhu, tong/h-6501-20111387160},
	month = {Apr},
	pages = {205-211},
	abstract = {Human exposure to pollutants from e-waste is an important scientific issue for their health effects. In this study, organohalogen pollutants in human serum sample from an e-waste dismantling site (n = 35) and a control site (n = 21), both located in Tianjin, Northern China, were analyzed using GC-ECNI-MS. Geometric mean concentrations of tetra- through hexa-BDEs, hepta- through nona-BDEs, PCBs, PBB-153, and DP in the exposure group were 2.77, 12.2, 44.1, 0.52, and 7.64 ng g(-1) lipid, respectively, which ranged from 1.5 to 7.4-fold higher than those in the control group through multivariate regression analysis, indicating that working and/or living in the e-waste site was associated with elevated body concentrations of these pollutants. Pollutants with low vapor pressures (i.e., hepta- through nona-BDEs and DP) were at significantly higher levels for e-waste dismantling workers than for local residents living around the e-waste site, suggesting higher exposure to these pollutants might exist for the occupational workers. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	isbn = {0045-6535},
	author = {Qiaoyun Yang and Xinghua Qiu and Li, Ran and Liu, ShaSha and Li, Keqiu and Wang, Fangfang and Zhu, Ping and Li, Guang and Zhu, Tong}
}
