Brominated Flame Retardants

Persistent Organic Pollutants

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 5-24

  Law, Robin J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) diverse group of chemicals, protecting public from accidental fires; Environmental levels present, past and future temporal trends; Human exposure magnitude and relative significance of pathways; Overview of measurement techniques; Overview of toxicology; Physicochemical properties influence on environmental fate and behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL FIRES; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HUMAN EXPOSURES; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; OVERVIEW OF TOXICOLOGY; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 84904507563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470684122.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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