Comparative assessment of wet and dry garment cleaning. Part 1. Environmental and human health assessment

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 279-289

  Keoleian, Gregory A ^a   Blackler, Catherine E ^a   Denbow, Richard ^b   Polk, Ruth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Perchloroethylene; Pollution prevention; Wet cleaning

Indexed keywords

DRY CLEANING; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

PERCHLOROETHYLENES; WET CLEANING;

CHEMICAL CLEANING;

EID: 0031388820     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0959-6526(97)00046-2     Document Type: Review

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