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Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering
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Comparison of UV and UV/H2O2 treatments using excilamps for removal of monochlorophenols in the molecular and anionic form

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Pages 2077-2083 | Received 14 Feb 2012, Published online: 07 Aug 2012

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