Expanding biodegradable polymer resin use: assessing the aggregate impact on the US economy

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages

  Beach, E Douglas ^a   Boyd, Roy ^a   Uri, Noel D ^a  

^a Ohio Department of Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CROPS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; CORNSTARCH BASED BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0030151323     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0307-904X(95)00158-G     Document Type: Article

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