Brominated flame retardants: Cause for concern?

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-17

  Birnbaum, Linda S ^a   Staskal, Daniele F ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

BFRs; Brominated flame retardants; HBCD; Hexabromocyclododecane; PBDE; Polybrominated diphenyl ether; TBBPA; Tetrabromobisphenol A

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DODECANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; OCTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FIRE PROTECTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOKINETICS; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0346495994     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6559     Document Type: Review

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