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Brominated flame retardants; Toxicity and ecotoxicity
Appendix 1 - Abbreviations
Chemical substances:
| DeBB |
Decabromobiphenyl |
| DeBDE |
Decabromodiphenyl ether |
| DiBB |
Dibromobiphenyls |
| DiBDE |
Dibromodiphenyl ethers |
| HpBDE |
Heptabromodiphenyl ethers |
| HxBB |
Hexabromobiphenyls |
| HxBDE |
Hexabromodiphenyl ethers |
| MBDE |
Monobromodiphenyl ethers |
| MoBB |
Monobromobiphenyls |
| NBDE |
Nonabromodiphenyl ethers |
| NoBB |
Nonabromobiphenyls |
| OBDE |
Octabromodiphenyl ethers |
| OcBB |
Octabromobiphenyls |
| PBB |
Polybrominated biphenyls |
| PBDE |
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers |
| PCB |
Polychlorinated biphenyls |
| PCDE |
Polychlorinated diphenyl ethers |
| PeBB |
Pentabromobiphenyls |
| PeBDE |
Pentabromodiphenyl ethers |
| TeBB |
Tetrabromobiphenyls |
| TeBDE |
Tetrabromodiphenylethers |
| TrBB |
Tribromobiphenyls |
| TrBDE |
Tribromodiphenyl ethers |
Other abbreviations:
| approx. |
Approximately |
| b.w. |
Body weight |
| BFR |
Brominated flame retardants |
| ca. |
Circa |
| CAS No. |
Chemical Abstract Service registration number |
| EC 50 |
Effect concentration |
| LC50 |
Lethal concentration |
| LD50 |
Lethal dose, median |
| No. |
Number |
| NOAEL |
No observed adverse effect level |
| LOAEL |
Lowest observed adverse effect level |
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