Recent progress in understanding of the levels, trends, fate and effects of BFRs in the environment

Chemosphere

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-180

  Alaee, Mehran ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANOBROMINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIODEGRADATION; BREAST MILK; BROMINATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MILK LEVEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33744797962     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.12.005     Document Type: Editorial

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