2,4,6-Tribromophenol and other simple brominated phenols

IPCS Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents

Volumn , Issue 66, 2005, Pages

  Howe, P D ^a   Dobson, S ^a   Malcolm, H M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOL; FLAME RETARDANT; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOOD PROTECTING AGENT;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ALGA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BROMINATION; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LD 50; LIGAND BINDING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA FOOD; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SOIL POLLUTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TOXICITY TESTING; URINARY EXCRETION; VAPOR PRESSURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 31344480189     PISSN: 10206167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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