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Record Nr.

UNINA9910366060203321

Autore

Organization World Health

Titolo

Tribromophenols (2 4 6-) and other Simple Brominated Phenols [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2005

ISBN

92-4-068700-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (55 p.)

Collana

Concise International Chemical Assessment Document

Altri autori (Persone)

UNAIDS

Disciplina

547.2

Soggetti

Fluorine

Nitration

Phenols

Environmental Pollution

Risk

Inorganic Chemicals

Risk Management

Organic Chemicals

Epidemiologic Measurements

Organization and Administration

Chemicals and Drugs

Probability

Public Health

Health Services Administration

Statistics as Topic

Environment and Public Health

Epidemiologic Methods

Health Care

Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms

Quality of Health Care

Investigative Techniques

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Risk Assessment

Environmental Exposure

Bromine Compounds

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 2. IDENTITY AND PHYSICAL/CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; 3. ANALYTICAL METHODS; 4. SOURCES OF HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; 5. ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT, DISTRIBUTION, TRANSFORMATION, AND ACCUMULATION; 6. ENVIRONMENTAL LEVELS AND HUMAN AND EXPOSURE; 7. COMPARATIVE KINETICS AND METABOLISM IN LABORATORY ANIMALS AND HUMANS; 8. EFFECTS ON LABORATORY MAMMALS AND IN VITRO TEST SYSTEMS; 9. EFFECTS ON HUMANS; 10. EFFECTS ON OTHER ORGANISMS IN THE LABORATORY AND FIELD; 11. EFFECTS EVALUATION; 12. PREVIOUS EVALUATIONS BY IOMC BODIES

REFERENCESAPPENDIX 1 - ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; APPENDIX 2 - CICAD PEER REVIEW; APPENDIX 3 - CICAD FINAL REVIEW BOARD; INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL SAFETY CARDS; RÉSUMÉ D'ORIENTATION; RESUMEN DE ORIENTACIÓN; THE CONCISE INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL ASSESSMENT DOCUMENT SERIES

Sommario/riassunto

This report deals with 2 4 6-tribromophenol (2 4 6-TBP) and other simple brominated phenols with a single benzene ring. However information on toxicity ecotoxicity and environmental fate on bromophenols other than 2 4 6-TBP is very limited. On the basis of the very limited data on concentrations of bromophenols in waters and sediment the present risk to aquatic organisms from 2 4 6-TBP in sediment would appear to be low. Insufficient data are available to make a meaningful risk assessment for other brominated phenols and for all brominated phenols in the terrestrial environment.