Occupational exposure to commercial decabromodiphenyl ether in workers manufacturing or handling flame-retarded rubber

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1980-1986

  Thuresson, Kaj ^a   Bergman, Åke ^a   Jakobsson, Kristina ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHERS; FLAMMABILITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLLUTANTS;

RUBBER;

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; BDE 209; BDE 47; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; NONABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; OCTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; RUBBER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PBDE; RUBBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; RUBBER; SWEDEN;

EID: 16844371701     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048511z     Document Type: Article

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