A comparison of the fish bioconcentration factors for brominated flame retardants with their nonbrominated analogues

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 656-661

  Hardy, Marcia L ^a  

^a Albemarle Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration; Brominated flame retardant; Hexabromocyclododecane; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Tetrabromobisphenol A

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; FLAMMABILITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

BIOCONCENTRATION; CONGENERS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

BROMINE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; DECABROMOBIPHENYL; DECABROMODIPHENYL OXIDE; ETHANE 1,2 BIS(PENTABROMOPHENYL); ETHER DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENEBISTETRABROMOPHTHALIMIDE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; OCTABROMODIPHENYL OXIDE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; RESIN; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BROMINE; FISH; LABORATORY METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FISH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LC 50; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FISHES; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; LETHAL DOSE 50; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644618354     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-03     Document Type: Article

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