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Chemical Data Reporting

2016 Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) Public Database Data Dictionary

This dictionary is intended to assist users in interpreting and using the 2016 CDR data.

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2016 Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) Public Database Data Dictionary (PDF)(3 pp, 61 K, April, 2018)