Polybrominated diphenyl ethers: Causes for concern and knowledge gaps regarding environmental distribution, fate and toxicity

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 400, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 425-436

  Vonderheide, Anne P ^a   Mueller, Kevin E ^b   Meija, Juris ^c   Welsh, Gwendolyn L ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological occurrence; Brominated flame retardants; Environmental occurrence; PBDEs; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYACRYLATES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

BIOLOGICAL OCCURRENCE; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL OCCURRENCE; PBDES; TOXICOLOGY;

TOXICITY;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; PBDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOTA; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOTOXICITY; DEGRADATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOGRAPHY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 54149112333     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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