The role of environmental science and politics in identifying persistent organic pollutants for international regulatory actions

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 61-68

  Selin, Henrik ^a   Hjelm, Olof ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Convention on long range transboundary air pollution; Negotiations; Persistent organic pollutants; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345778536     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a99-008     Document Type: Article

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