Agroethanol an environmental friendly fuel?;Agroetanol ¿Un combus tible ambiental mente amigable ?

Interciencia

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-112

  Sanhueza, Eugenio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

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