Health consequences of exposure to brominated flame retardants: A systematic review

Chemosphere

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-19

  Kim, Young Ran ^a   Harden, Fiona A ^b   Toms, Leisa Maree L ^b   Norman, Rosana E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Children; Exposure; Health; Human

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; FLAME RETARDANTS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFRS); CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CHILDREN; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE; HUMAN;

HEALTH;

BROMINE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; PLASTIC; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL; BROMINE COMPOUND; DIABETES; HEALTH RISK; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONICS; EMBASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLAMMABILITY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEOPLASM; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEXTILE; THYROID DISEASE;

ANIMALIA;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CHILDREN; EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HUMAN;

BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED;

EID: 84896546119     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.12.064     Document Type: Review

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