A review on sustainable management strategies for navigating the piling e-waste crisis and associated environmental

Rashida Hameed1, Divyabharathi R2, Krishna Kumar Yadav3

  • 1School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.

Toxicology
|December 1, 2024
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