Environmental behaviour and assessment of persistent organic pollutants

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-241

  Betianu, Camelia ^a   Gavrilescu, Maria ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Degradation; Dynamic model; Environment; Persistent organic pollutants; Transport steady state model

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749090033     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: 18433707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2006.017     Document Type: Article

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