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| fixed length control field |
02930cam a2200313 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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9241571624 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9241571624 |
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(Sirsi) 9241571624 |
| 060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QD 341.E7 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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950203s1994 1 0 eng |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Brominated diphenyl ethers / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
published under the joint sponsorship of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organisation, and the World Health Organization. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Geneva : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
World Health Organization, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1994. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
347 p. |
| 440 #0 - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
Environmental health criteria ; |
| Volume/sequential designation |
162 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Summary and evaluation, conclusions and recommendations in French and Spanish. |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by exposure to ten brominated diphenyl ethers. Of these, three (decabromodiphenyl ether, octabromodiphenyl ether, and pentabromodiphenyl ether) are widely manufactured and used as additive flame retardants. The remaining seven compounds occur as contaminants or impurities in commercial brominated flame retardants. Because of their success in reducing fire hazards for the general public, brominated biphenyl ethers are used in increasing quantities in a wide range of products. Concern about potential risks to human health and the environment has centered on the persistence of these chemicals in the environment, thir tendency to bioaccumulate, their detection in several food items and in human adipose tissue and milk, their tendency to leach or escape from finished products during normal operation, and the release of polybrominated dibenzofurans and polybrominated dibenzodioxins as breakdown products under certain conditions. For decabromodiphenyl ether, which is the most important of these products, the report cites evidence of persistence in the environment, accumulation in sediment and soil, occupational exposure during manufacturing and formulation, and an insignificant exposure of the general population. Similar risks to the environment were found for octabromodiphenyl ether. For pentabromodiphenyl ether, evidence of environmental hazards and potential human exposure via the food chain supports the conclusion that this product should not be used. In its conclusions, the report stresses the need to minimize environmental contamination with these persistent compounds and their breakdown products. Introduction of such chemicals into widely used products may create a considerable long-term diffuse source of emissions into the environment. |
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DC.HQ |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
eng. |
| 550 ## - ISSUING BODY NOTE |
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| Issuing body note |
WHODOC |
| 561 ## - OWNERSHIP AND CUSTODIAL HISTORY |
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| History |
WHO monograph |
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4 |
| 650 02 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Phenyl ethers |
| General subdivision |
adverse effects. |
| 650 02 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Environmental exposure. |
| 650 02 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Occupational exposure. |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Chemical Toxicology and Carcinogenicity. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
World Health Organization. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
International Programme on Chemical Safety. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
NLM Classification Scheme |
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Books |
