Engineering properties of sewage sludge in Trinidad

Journal of Agricultural and Engineering Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-230

  Stone, R J ^a   Ekwue, E I ^a   Clarke, R O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

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EID: 0009505785     PISSN: 00218634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaer.1998.0266     Document Type: Article

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