Mechanism of biodegradation

Biodegradable Polymers for Industrial Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 358-410

  Matsumura, S ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 84882688299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845690762.3.357     Document Type: Chapter

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