Regulations in the European Union with Emphasis on Germany, Sweden and Slovenia

Environmental Impacts of Treated Wood

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 37-57

  Humar, Miha ^a   Peek, Rolf D ^b   Jermer, Jöran ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

^c SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

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