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Review
. 1987;18(3):189-213.
doi: 10.3109/10408448709089861.

The toxicology of bromide ion

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The toxicology of bromide ion

F X van Leeuwen et al. Crit Rev Toxicol. 1987.

Abstract

Inorganic bromide is widely distributed in nature. Its natural physiological role in animal life is unknown. More than a century ago bromide was introduced in medicine as an antiepileptic drug. Nowadays, man is primarily exposed to bromide via food as the result of use of bromide-containing fumigants in intensive horticulture and in the treatment of food stocks. In this review exposure of man to bromide is described, and the pharmacological and toxicological effects of bromide ion are discussed.

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