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Original Articles

Towards an effective environmental impact assessment (EIA) in the industrial sector of Bahrain, Arabian Gulf

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Pages 113-124 | Received 02 Mar 2018, Accepted 21 Dec 2018, Published online: 24 Mar 2019

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