Review on landfill leachate treatments

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 534-545

  Abbas, Abdulhussain A ^a,b   Jingsong, Guo ^a   Ping, Liu Zhi ^a   Ya, Pan Ying ^a   Al Rekabi, Wisaam S ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Landfill leachate; Review; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449137935     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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