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Original Articles

Enhanced treatment of wastewater from the vitamin C biosynthesis industry using a UASB reactor supplemented with zero-valent iron

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Pages 1859-1865 | Received 15 Sep 2010, Accepted 22 Feb 2011, Published online: 18 Aug 2011

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