Health risk issues for methyl tert-butyl ether

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 799, Issue , 2002, Pages 82-91

  Davis, J Michael ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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