Developmental neurotoxicity of PBDEs: Mechanisms and implications

Flame Retardants: Functions, Properties and Safety

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-39

  Alm, Henrik ^a   Scholz, Birger ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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