Evaluating leachate contamination potential of landfill sites using leachate pollution index

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 190-197

  Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Alappat, Babu J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

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EID: 28044456958     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-004-0269-4     Document Type: Article

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