Brominated flame retardants: A novel class of developmental neurotoxicants in our environment?

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 903-908

  Eriksson, Per ^a,b   Jakobsson, Eva ^a,b   Fredriksson, Anders ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult; Brominated flame retardants; Developmental neurotoxicology; Memory and learning; Neonatal; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Spontaneous behavior

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5 PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; LIPID EMULSION; NEUROTOXIN; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISPERSION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXPOSURE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MILK; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEXTILE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034775561     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109903     Document Type: Article

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