Biodegradation

Handbook of Property Estimation Methods for Chemicals: Environmental Health Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 281-310

  Howard, Philip H ^a  

^a SYRACUSE RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

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