Chemicals in the Plastics, Synthetic Textiles, and Rubber Industries

Textbook of Clinical Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1011-1029

  Markowitz, Steven ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84882839293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-8974-6.50045-2     Document Type: Chapter

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