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Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A
Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering
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Efficiency of the UV/H2O2 process for the disinfection of humic surface waters

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Pages 497-506 | Received 23 Jun 2006, Published online: 06 Mar 2007

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