Letter to the editor

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 528-529

  Hardy, Marcia L ^a  

^a Toxicology/Regulatory Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; BROMOBENZENE; DECABROMOBIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA BASE; DEATH; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; MOUSE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICOKINETICS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; NOTE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BROMOBENZENES; FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMANS; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 16644368137     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfh209     Document Type: Letter

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