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ArticleFrontiers in digital health2025

E-waste for health: recycling smartphones for health monitoring.

Leandro Augusto de Almeida Costa, Brena Ataíde Furtado, Edilson Brabo Almeida, Bianca Callegari, Alex Harley Crisp, Rafael Oliveira Chaves, Maria da Conceição Nascimento Pinheiro, Givago Silva Souza

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Article in Frontiers in digital health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Leandro Augusto de Almeida CostaNúcleo de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.
Brena Ataíde FurtadoNúcleo de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.
Edilson Brabo AlmeidaNúcleo de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.
Bianca CallegariInstituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.
Alex Harley CrispInstituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.
Rafael Oliveira ChavesInstituto de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.
Maria da Conceição Nascimento PinheiroNúcleo de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.
Givago Silva SouzaNúcleo de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Portable digital electronic devices have been widely used around the world for different everyday tasks. However, every day there is also an increasing dumping of these electronic devices, especially smartphones, creating a public health problem called electronic waste or e-waste. This Viewpoint discusses how e-waste could be used by governments to promote digital health policies, especially in poorer countries. The use of e-waste could lower health care costs and reduce exposure to the metals contained in these materials.

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digital healthelectronic wastehealth equityhealth policyportable digital devicessmartphones

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PMID40568249
PMCPMC12187754

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