Environmental health criteria for Di-n-butyl phthalate

Environmental Health Criteria

Volumn , Issue 189, 1997, Pages 17-205

  Long, G ^a   Meek, E ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; REVIEW; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 0030671223     PISSN: 0250863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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