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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Waste Management—Assessment of Quantification Methods

Eugene A. Mohareb Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Heather L. MacLean Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Christopher A. Kennedy Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pages 480-493 | Published online: 10 Oct 2011

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