Perfluorinated Compounds: Occurrence and Uses in Products

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-39

  Posner, Stefan ^a  

^a SWEREA IVF   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumer products; Perfluorinated carboxylic acids; Perfluorinated compounds; Telomer alcohols

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042801343     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-21872-9_2     Document Type: Chapter

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