ATSDR Toxzine: Phosphate Ester Flame Retardants

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• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. ; United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
• Description:
  Phosphate ester flame retardants are human-made chemicals added to consumer and industrial products for the purpose of reducing flammability.
  
  Phosphate ester flame retardants are composed of a group of chemicals with similar properties but slightly different structures. Phosphate esters are typically liquids at room temperature; however, some are solids.
  
  Phosphate esters have a multitude of uses including flame retardants, plasticizers, hydraulic fluids, solvents, extraction agents, antifoam agents, and coatings for electronic devices.
  
  CS252399-A
  
  Publication date from document properties.
  
  phosphate_ester_flame_retardants_toxzine.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Flame Retardants/toxicity Organophosphate Poisoning Organophosphates/toxicity
• Series:
  ATSDR Toxzine   ; ATSDR Toxzine  
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet) ; Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  13 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:954114e2c75df44c59a9e9f153c3244224f175ad052c49530c98d4624dad53dca5a2c11526c8ad29f7504c0902b11558bd51937d8ce23124b7b0f655edc28394
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/45661/cdc_45661_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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