Assessing the persistence, bioaccumulation potential and toxicity of brominated flame retardants: Data availability and quality for 36 alternative brominated flame retardants

Chemosphere

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-123

  Stieger, Greta ^a   Scheringer, Martin ^a   Ng, Carla A ^a   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Baseline toxicity; Brominated flame retardants; Octanol water partition coefficient; PBT assessment

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

BIOACCUMULATION POTENTIAL; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS (BFRS); DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; HAZARD AND RISK ASSESSMENTS; OCTANOL-WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PBT ASSESSMENT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYLETHERS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; BROMINE; FLAME RETARDANT; OCTANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BIOACCUMULATION; DATABASE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PBDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DATA BASE; DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHEMISTRY; HALF LIFE TIME; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

1-OCTANOL; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALF-LIFE; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER;

EID: 84908207868     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.01.083     Document Type: Article

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