Applications and costs for biological treatment of explosives-contaminated soils in the U.S.

Biodegradation of Nitroaromatic Compounds and Explosives

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 395-423

  Jerger, Douglas E ^a   Woodhull, Patrick M ^b  

^a IT Corporation   (United States)

^b IT Corporation   (United States)

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