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Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A
Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering
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Organic Carbon and Ammonium Nitrogen Removal in a Laboratory Sand Percolation Filter

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Pages 2355-2368 | Received 10 Feb 2004, Published online: 24 Jun 2011

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