Toxics reduction in ten large companies, why and how

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-78

  Verschoor, A H ^a   Reijnders, L ^b  

^a Narcislaan 7 6866 DX   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; TOXICS USE REDUCTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

EID: 0033899324     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-6526(99)00316-9     Document Type: Article

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