Application of pine bark as a sorbent for organic pollutants in effluents

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 491-501

  Brás, Isabel ^a,b   Lemos, Luis Teixeira ^b   Alves, Arminda ^a   Pereira, M Fernando R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Natural resources; Portugal; Trade effluents; Water treatment; Wood

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744450674     PISSN: 14777835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777830410553933     Document Type: Article

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