Potential USA textile flammability regulations under consideration

Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Recent Advances in Flame Retardancy of Polymeric Materials

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 401-419

  Wakelyn, P J ^a  

^a The National Cotton Council of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION; FLAME IGNITION; GENERIC SPECIFICATIONS; HOME FURNISHING; IGNITION SOURCE; STATE LEGISLATION; TEXTILE FLAMMABILITY; TEXTILE PRODUCTS;

STANDARDS; TEXTILES; TOBACCO;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 73449098664     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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