Flame retardants in furniture foam: Benefits and risks

Fire Safety Science

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 265-278

  Babrauskas, Vytenis ^a   Blum, Arlene ^b,c   Daley, Rebecca ^c   Birnbaum, Linda ^d  

^a Fire Science and Technology Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Green Science Policy Institute   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Flame retardants; Flammability; Halogens; PBDE

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FIRE SAFETY; FLAMMABILITY STANDARDS; HALOGENS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PBDE; TOXICOLOGICAL TESTING;

FLAME RETARDANTS; FLAMMABILITY; FLAMMABILITY TESTING;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 84856659275     PISSN: 18174299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3801/IAFSS.FSS.10-265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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