OECD policies for bioplastics in the context of a bioeconomy, 2013

Industrial Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-21

  Philp, Jim ^a  

^a OECD   (France)

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EID: 84893797899     PISSN: 15509087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ind.2013.1612     Document Type: Article

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