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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Exposure to Heavy Metals in Electronic Waste Recycling in Thailand.

Chalermkhwan Kuntawee, Kraichat Tantrakarnapa, Yanin Limpanont, Saranath Lawpoolsri, Athit Phetrak, Rachaneekorn Mingkhwan, Suwalee Worakhunpiset

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Bridging the knowledge gap! Health outcomes in informal e-waste workers.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Chalermkhwan KuntaweeDepartment of Social and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University 420/6 Ratchawithi Rd., Ratchathewee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Kraichat TantrakarnapaDepartment of Social and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University 420/6 Ratchawithi Rd., Ratchathewee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-1943-6202
Yanin LimpanontDepartment of Social and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University 420/6 Ratchawithi Rd., Ratchathewee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Saranath LawpoolsriDepartment of Tropical Hygiene, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University 420/6 Ratchawithi Rd., Ratchathewee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Athit PhetrakDepartment of Social and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University 420/6 Ratchawithi Rd., Ratchathewee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Rachaneekorn MingkhwanDepartment of Social and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University 420/6 Ratchawithi Rd., Ratchathewee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Suwalee WorakhunpisetDepartment of Social and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University 420/6 Ratchawithi Rd., Ratchathewee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-2935-5860

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electronic waste recycling can release heavy metals into the environment and cause adverse health effects. We assessed the association between exposure to heavy metals from electronic waste recycling and the prevalence of asthma in a nested case-control study of 51 subject pairs with and without asthma. House dust, airborne dust, blood, and urine were collected from residents of two neighboring sites in Ubon Ratchathani province, Thailand. Multiple electronic waste-handling activities are conducted in the first site, while the second site is mostly agricultural. Concentrations of chromium, mercury, nickel, and lead in house dust and airborne dust were higher in the electronic waste-handling site (

Indexed as

Electronic WasteMetals, HeavyRecyclingRisk AssessmentAdultAgedCase-Control StudiesChinaDustEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental MonitoringFemaleHumansLeadMaleMiddle AgedDustLeadMetals, Heavyairborne dustasthmae-wasteheavy metalshouse dust

Identifiers

PMID32357423
PMCPMC7246830

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