Plastic materials: polyvinyl chloride (PVC)

Toxicity of Building Materials

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 23-53

  Akovali, G ^a,b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

additives; plasticizers; PVC; safety; VCM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902911707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-85709-122-2.50002-4     Document Type: Chapter

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