Halogenated flame retardants: Do the fire safety benefits justify the risks?

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 261-305

  Shaw, Susan D ^a   Blum, Arlene ^b   Weber, Roland ^c,d   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^e,f   Rich, David ^g   Lucas, Donald ^h   Koshland, Catherine P ^b   Dobraca, Dina ⁱ   Hanson, Sarah ^j   Birnbaum, Linda S ^k  

^a Center for Marine Studies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d POPs Environmental Consulting   (Germany)

^e WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists   (United States)

^j Green Science Policy Institute   (United States)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Brominated Tris; Chlorinated flame retardants; Chlorinated paraffins; Chlorinated Tris; DecaBDE; Fire safety; Fire toxicity; Flame retardant regulations; Flammability standards; HBCD; OctaBDE; PBDD F; PBDE; PentaBDE; Replacement flame retardants; TBBPA; TDCPP; Technical Bulletin 117

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78651396346     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2010.25.4.261     Document Type: Article

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