Chemicals and Drugs

Flame Retardants

Materials applied to fabrics, bedding, furniture, plastics, etc. to retard their burning; many may leach out and cause allergies or other harm.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Materials applied to fabrics, bedding, furniture, plastics, etc. to retard their burning; many may leach out and cause allergies or other harm.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Fire Retardant
  • Fire Retardants
  • Flame Retardant
  • Retardant, Fire
  • Retardant, Flame
  • Retardants, Fire
  • Retardants, Flame
  • Fireproofing Agent
  • Fireproofing Agents
  • Agent, Fireproofing
  • Agents, Fireproofing

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Aspects Covered

17 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.

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History Note

78; was in Cat D & J 1978-82

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Previous Indexing

  • Fires (1966-1977)
  • specific substance (1966-1977)

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Tree Number

  1. D27.720.361w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Flame Retardants. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005411. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005411
  2. Flame Retardants. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_retardant
  3. Flame Retardants. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q902863