Demographics, the housing market, and demand for building materials

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 8-17

  Schuler, Al ^a   Adair, Craig ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b APA The Engineered Wood Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; BUILDING MATERIALS; COSTS; HOUSING; PERSONNEL; TIMBER;

DEMOGRAPHICS;

LUMBER;

FORESTS; LUMBER; PERSONNEL;

EID: 0038320070     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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