Environmental risk assessment of hydrofluoropolyethers (HFPEs)

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-192

  Tsai, Wen Tien ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Environmental risk; Exposure hazard; Global warming; Hydrofluoropolyethers (HFPEs); Photochemical potential

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; OLIGOMERS; SOLVENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; EXPOSURE HAZARD; HYDROFLUOROPOLYETHERS (HFPE); PHOTOCHEMICAL POTENTIAL;

ETHERS;

CHLOROFLUOROHYDROCARBON; FLUOROCARBON; HYDROFLUOROPOLYETHER; OCTANOL; POLYETHER DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHERS; GLOBAL WARMING; OLIGOMERS; SOLVENTS;

BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROFLUOROCARBON; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRE PROTECTION; FLUORINATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT EXCHANGE; OZONE LAYER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ETHERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33845395567     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.10.025     Document Type: Review

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