Provisional human health risk assessment of PBDEs in sewage sludge used for agricultural purposes

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 699-701

  Banasik, Marek ^a   Hardy, Marcia ^b   Stedeford, Todd ^b  

^a Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection   (Poland)

^b Albemarle Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

AGRICULTURE; BIOSAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; LETTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE;

EID: 70349418966     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.03.075     Document Type: Letter

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