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Efficiency in Removing Pollutants by Constructed Wetland Purification Systems in Poland

A. Samecka-Cymerman Department of Ecology and Nature Protection, Wroclaw University, Wroclaw, Poland
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D. Stepien Department of Ecology and Nature Protection, Wroclaw University, Wroclaw, Poland
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A. J. Kempers Department of Environmental Studies, University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Pages 265-275 | Accepted 01 Aug 2003, Published online: 12 Aug 2010

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