Organic Bromine and Iodine Compounds

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Neilson, Alasdair H. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2003.
• Series: Anthropogenic Compounds, 3R
• Subjects: Environmental management.; Environmental pollution.; Environmental health.; Ecotoxicology.; Environmental Management.; Terrestrial Pollution.; Environmental Health.

This volume addresses a broad spectrum of the environmental issues surrounding organic bromine and iodine compounds. It covers their partition among the environmental compartments and the potential for their long-range dissemination. The important issue of their atmospheric chemistry is discussed i...

Table of Contents:

• A. Neilson, A-S. Allard: Degradation and Transformation of Organic Bromine and Iodine Compounds: Comparison with their Chlorinated Analogues
• A. Neilson: Biological Effects and Biosynthesis of Brominated Metalobites
• J.W. DePierre: Mammalian Toxicity of Organic Compounds of Bromine and Iodine
• J. Orlando: The Atmospheric Chemistry of Organic Bromine and Iodine Compounds
• I. Cousins, A. Palm: Physical-chemical Properties and Estimated Environmental Fate of Brominated and Iodinated Organic Compounds.