Are brominated flame retardants endocrine disruptors?

Environment International

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 879-885

  Legler, Juliette ^a   Brouwer, Abraham ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endocrine; Flame retardants; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; FLAME RETARDANTS; METABOLISM; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFR);

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARCINOGENICITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERATOGENICITY; THYROID DISEASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0242287838     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(03)00104-1     Document Type: Article

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