Appropriate technologies for relative humidity control for museum collections housed in historic buildings

Studies in Conservation

Volumn 39, Issue , 1994, Pages 123-128

  Staniforth, Sarah ^a   Hayes, Bob ^a   Bullock, Linda ^a  

^a NATIONAL TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84974959860     PISSN: 00393630     EISSN: 20470584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/sic.1994.39.Supplement-2.123     Document Type: Article

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