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Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering
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Behavior of sulfur mustard in sand, concrete, and asphalt matrices: Evaporation, degradation, and decontamination

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Pages 1121-1125 | Received 13 Mar 2017, Accepted 27 May 2017, Published online: 24 Jul 2017

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