BFR - Governmental testing programme

Environment International

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 781-792

  Kemmlein, Sabine ^a   Herzke, Dorte ^b   Law, Robin J ^c  

^a BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardant; Polybrominated biphenyl; Polybrominated diphenyl ether

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; ECOLOGY; FLAME RETARDANTS; IMPURITIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLASTICS; TEXTILES;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFR);

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

ASIA; BROMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING;

EID: 0242287841     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(03)00112-0     Document Type: Article

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