Health issues in plastics production and processing

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 777-795

  Lewis, Richard ^a,b  

^a University of Louisville ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT RESIN; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYPROPYLENE;

HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; RESINS, PLANT;

EID: 33749201380     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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