A review on human exposure to brominated flame retardants—particularly polybrominated diphenyl ethers

• Published in: Environment international Vol. 29; no. 6; pp. 829 - 839
• Main Authors: Sjödin, Andreas, Patterson, Donald G., Bergman, Åke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2003
• Subjects: Brominated flame retardants; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Flame Retardants; Food Contamination - statistics & numerical data; Half-Life; Human; Humans; Hydrocarbons, Brominated - chemistry; Phenyl Ethers - chemistry; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Human; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Brominated flame retardants

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) have been and are still heavily used as additive or reactive chemicals in polymers and textiles. Only a few of the BFRs have been assessed in human subjects with a major data set on internal exposures to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). Increasing PBDE level...