Fluorinated chemicals and the impacts of anthropogenic use

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 1048, Issue , 2010, Pages 539-560

  Adams, D E C ^a   Halden, R U ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; ECOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOXICITY;

BIOACCUMULATION POTENTIAL; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS (CFCS); ENVIRONMENTAL PERSISTENCES; OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84905564602     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2010-1048.ch027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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