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Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A
Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering
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The effect of acidic pH and presence of metals as parameters in establishing a sulfidogenic process in anaerobic reactor

Bárbara F. VieiraScience and Technology Institute, Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL), Poços de Caldas, Brazil
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Pâmela T. CoutoScience and Technology Institute, Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL), Poços de Caldas, Brazil
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Giselle P. SancinettiScience and Technology Institute, Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL), Poços de Caldas, Brazil
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Bernhard KleinNorman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Dirk van ZylNorman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Renata P. RodriguezScience and Technology Institute, Federal University of Alfenas (UNIFAL), Poços de Caldas, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
Pages 793-797 | Received 25 Aug 2015, Published online: 24 May 2016

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