Brominated-chlorinated diphenyl ethers formed by thermolysis of polybrominated diphenyl ethers at low temperatures

Chemosphere

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1644-1651

  Rupp, Silke ^a   Metzger, Jörg W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accidental fires; Brominated flame retardants; Brominated chlorinated diphenyl ethers; Chlorodebromination; Hexabromobenzene; Landfill fires

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHLORINE; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAT TREATMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE;

BLOOD SERUM; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFR); HEXABROMOBENZENE (HBB); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDE);

ETHERS;

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

PBDE;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHLORINATION; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 23244432231     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.02.038     Document Type: Article

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