The value, use, and environmental impacts of pulp-mill sludge additions to forest and agricultural lands in Europe

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-64

  Cabral, F ^a   Vasconcelos, E ^a   Goss, M J ^b   Cordovil, C M D S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Europe; Forest and agricultural sites; Land application; Mediterranean region; Pulp sludge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031629794     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a98-004     Document Type: Article

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