Data on the Manufacture, Use, Inventory and Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Poland

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 189-193

  Falandysz, J ^a   Szymczyk, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Disposal; Hazardous substances; Hazardous waste; Inventory; PCBs; PCNs; PCTs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012271524     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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