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Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering
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Removal of organic matters and nitrogenous pollutants simultaneously from two different wastewaters using biocathode microbial fuel cell

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Pages 1265-1275 | Received 21 Dec 2013, Published online: 26 Jun 2014

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