Mini-review: Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants as potential autism risk factors

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-249

  Messer, Anne ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Brominated flame retardants; PBDE; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; THYROID HORMONE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; POLLUTANT;

AUTISM; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COGNITION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; BODY BURDEN; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BODY BURDEN; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 77952287675     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.01.011     Document Type: Short Survey

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