Surfactant-modified zeolite can protect drinking water wells from viruses and bacteria

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Volumn 83, Issue 18, 2002, Pages

  Schulze Makuch, Dirk ^a   Pillai, Suresh D ^b   Guan, Huade ^b   Bowman, Robert ^b   Couroux, Entile ^b   Hielscher, Frank ^b   Totten, James ^b   Espinosa, Isabell Y ^b   Kretzschmar, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0344391635     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002EO000128     Document Type: Article

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