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Original Articles

A quantitative risk ranking model to evaluate emerging organic contaminants in biosolid amended land and potential transport to drinking water

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Pages 958-990 | Received 25 Sep 2015, Accepted 14 Nov 2015, Published online: 30 Mar 2016

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