Commentary: The Relationship Between “Biobased,” “Biodegradability” and “Environmentally-Friendliness (or the Absence Thereof)

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1329-1331

  Hayes, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 85028855776     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: 15589331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-017-3040-9     Document Type: Editorial

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