Implications of REACH for developing countries

European Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-29

  Ackerman, Frank ^a   Stanton, Elizabeth A ^a   Roach, Brian ^a   Andersson, Anne Sofie ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Chemical Secretariat   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ACP; Chemical policy; Developing countries; Environmental policy; Environmental regulation; European Union; REACH

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; STANDARD (REGULATION); TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 39149131433     PISSN: 09610405     EISSN: 10990976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.465     Document Type: Article

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