Compost maturity: Chemical characteristics of extractable lipids

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-25

  Dinel, H ^a   Schnitzer, M ^a   Dumontet, S ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

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EID: 0002742554     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.1996.10701815     Document Type: Article

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