Technological change and economic maturity in the polymer industry: Trends in the 1980's
β Scribed by Jack Felman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 302 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0730-6679
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