Overview of the rubber industry and tire manufacturing

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 707-718

  Lewis, Richard ^a,b  

^a Private Practice in Occupational Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

ARTICLE; CAR; HUMAN; INDUSTRY;

AUTOMOBILES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; RUBBER;

EID: 33749204687     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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