The distribution, fate, and effects of propylene glycol substances in the environment

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 232, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-138

  West, Robert ^a   Banton, Marcy ^b   Hu, Jing ^a   Klapacz, Joanna ^a  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; LD 50; POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; LETHAL DOSE 50; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

EID: 84958528498     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-06746-9_5     Document Type: Article

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