Stability indexes for municipal solid waste compost

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 13-20

  Avnimelech, Yoram ^a   Bruner, Moshe ^a   Ezrony, Itai ^a   Sela, Roy ^a   Kochba, Malka ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; COMPOST; DECOMPOSITION RATE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ISRAEL, HAIFA, NAAMAN;

EID: 0030480733     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.1996.10701825     Document Type: Article

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