Environmental Drivers for Replacement of Halogenated Flame Retardants

Polymer Green Flame Retardants

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 119-179

  Hull, T R ^a   Law, R J ^b   Bergman, Åke ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bromine; DBDE; Environment; Halogen; HBCD; Toxic

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; HALOGENATION;

DBDE; ENVIRONMENT; HALOGEN; HBCD; TOXIC;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 84942133620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53808-6.00004-4     Document Type: Chapter

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