Persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxicity of halogen-free flame retardants

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 222, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-71

  Waaijers, Susanne L ^a   Kong, Deguo ^b   Hendriks, Hester S ^c   De Wit, Cynthia A ^b   Cousins, Ian T ^b   Westerink, Remco H S ^c   Leonards, Pim E G ^d   Kraak, Michiel H S ^a   Admiraal, Wim ^a   De Voogt, Pim ^a   Parsons, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84869069154     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4717-7_1     Document Type: Article

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