Lead and cadmium in soft plastic toys

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 818-822

  Kumar, Abhay ^a   Pastore, Prashant ^a  

^a Toxics Link   (India)

Author keywords

Polyvinyl chloride; Risk; Standards; Toxicity; Toys

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348822501     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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