Environmental risk assessment of surfactants: Quantitative structure-activity relationships foraquatic toxicity

Handbook of Detergents, Part B: Environmental Impact

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 271-298

  Roberts, David W ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780203020500     Document Type: Chapter

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