Determination of brominated flame retardants, with emphasis on polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in environmental and human samples - A review

Environment International

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 735-756

  Covaci, Adrian ^a   Voorspoels, Stefan ^a   de Boer, Jacob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analysis; Brominated flame retardants; Methods; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Review

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; QUALITY CONTROL;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFR);

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOBROMINE DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0242319571     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(03)00114-4     Document Type: Article

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