Estimation of preservative toxic threshold retention from laboratory decay tests: A new method

Wood Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-71

  Gezer, E D ^a   Yalinkilic, M K ^b   Kizilkaya, K ^a   Michael, J H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

PRESERVATIVE TOXIC THRESHOLD RETENTION;

WOOD PRESERVATION;

EID: 0032674067     PISSN: 00437719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002260050099     Document Type: Article

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