An overview of commercially used brominated flame retardants, their applications, their use patterns in different countries/regions and possible modes of release.

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Environment International

• Publication date

  2003-09-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/S0160-4120(03)00121-1PMID 12850087
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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