Comment on "Brominated flame retardants in children's toys: Concentration, composition, and children's exposure and risk assessment"

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1152-1153

  Banasik, Marek ^a   Hardy, Marcia ^b   Harbison, Raymond D ^c   Stedeford, Todd ^a  

^a NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b Albemarle Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 BIS (2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY) ETHANE; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; PLASTIC; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; RUBBER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHILD CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROTOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXTILE; TOXICOLOGY;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 75749099333     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903366p     Document Type: Letter

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