Brominated flame retardants-safety at what cost?

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9602, 2007, Pages 1813-1814

  Juhasz, Albert L ^a   Smith, Euan ^a   Weber, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CORPUS STRIATUM; COST; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAT INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INGESTION; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 36549082362     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61757-7     Document Type: Note

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