Drinking water health advisory for methyl tertiary-butyl ether

ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry, Preprints

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 370-372

  Gomez Taylor, Maria M ^a   Abernathy, Charles O ^a   Du, Julie T ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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EID: 5844354995     PISSN: 00933066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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