Treatment of trichloroethene-contaminated water with a fluidized-bed bioreactor

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 829, Issue , 1997, Pages 83-96

  Segar Jr , R L ^a   Leung, S Y ^a   Vivek, S A ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; PHENOL; TRICHLOROETHANE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEGRADATION; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZED BED; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0031582864     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48567.x     Document Type: Article

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