Publication details
Bromine (Chapter 9.3 in the book: Elements and Their Compounds in the Environment).
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| Year of publication | 2004 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | In total, international experts from 20 countries have pooled their knowledge and experience to create this ultimate resource (1600 Pages, 3 Volumes). Essential information for chemists, biologists, geologists, food scientists, toxicologists and physiologists involved in environmental research and remediation, risk assessment, food research and industrial hygiene. In Chapter 9.3, the present knowledge about the bromine compounds is reviewed with respect to their occurence in the environment, living organisms, and man's food chain, and to their pharmacological and toxicological effects. Since inorganic bromide is the ionic form of bromine exerting the therapeutic as well as the toxic effects, mainly studies dealing with the exposure to bromide, or to those organic compounds readily yielding ionic bromide after degradation in soil, plants, or animals, form the basis of this review. |