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Biotreatment of petroleum refinery wastewater in vertical surface-flow constructed wetland vegetated with Eichhornia crassipes: lab-scale experimental and kinetic modelling

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Pages 1793-1813 | Received 21 Jun 2018, Accepted 08 Nov 2018, Published online: 22 Nov 2018

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