Effect of company size on potential for REACH compliance and selection of safer chemicals

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-91

  Scruggs, Caroline E ^a,b   Ortolano, Leonard ^c   Wilson, Michael P ^d   Schwarzman, Megan R ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical regulation; Hazardous chemicals; Human and environmental health; REACH; SMEs; Supply chains

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGISTRATION,EVALUATION,AUTHORIZATION,AND RESTRICTION OF CHEMICAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 84908635026     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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