Chemical brown staining of Douglas-fir wood: Characterization of a wood enzyme extract

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 93-98

  Laver, Murray L ^a   Musbah, Durria Abdel Azim ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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