Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain

Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-194

  Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan ^a  

^a Meinhardt (Hong Kong) Limited   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84903002889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781782421122     Document Type: Book

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