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Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A
Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering
Volume 42, 2007 - Issue 11
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A method to characterize the greenness of solvents used in pharmaceutical manufacture

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Pages 1595-1605 | Received 31 Jan 2007, Published online: 19 Oct 2007

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