REACH: What has been achieved and what needs to be done?

Regulating Chemical Risks: European and Global Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 71-83

  Hansson, Sven Ove ^a   Rudén, Christina ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Classification; Data requirements; REACH; Risk assessment; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951761363     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9428-5_5     Document Type: Chapter

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