Toxicant and Disease Database
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The CHE Toxicant and Disease Database is a searchable database that summarizes links between chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human diseases or conditions. Diseases and or toxicants can be viewed by utilizing the search options below. See a full description of the database and our methodology.
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2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6'-decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209)
CAS number: 1163-19-5
Diseases linked to this toxicant Grouped by strength of evidence
Good Evidence | Limited Evidence |
References for our 2011 disease list
Akhtar FZ, Garabrant DH, Ketchum NS, Michalek JE. Cancer in US Air Force veterans of the Vietnam War. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2004;46(2):123-36.
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). IRIS Assessments. Accessed in 2010.
Klaassen CD, Ed. Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 6th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill 2001.
LaDou J, Ed. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 3rd Edition. New York: Lange Medical/McGraw-Hill Company, 2004.
Rom WM. Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, 1998.
