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An Analysis of Biomedical Waste Incineration

H. Glasser Department of Civil Engineering University of California, Davis Davis, California, USA
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D. P. Y. Chang Department of Civil Engineering University of California, Davis Davis, California, USA
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D. C. Hickman United States Air Force Kirtland, AFB, New Mexico, USA
Pages 1180-1188 | Received 31 Jan 1991, Accepted 14 Jun 1991, Published online: 06 Mar 2012

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