Oxidative stress as a potential mechanism for developmental neurotoxicity of polybrominated diphenylether (PBDE) flame retardants

Flame Retardants: Functions, Properties and Safety

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 101-115

  Costa, Lucio G ^a,b   Huang, Suping ^a   Giordano, Gennaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

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