MTBE contamination: Environmental, legal, and public policy challenges

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-6

  Green, Kim R ^a   Lowenbach, William A ^a  

^a Weinberg Group Inc   (United States)

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EID: 85012992464     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920127930     Document Type: Editorial

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