Chapter 12 Microbial interactions with radioactive wastes and potential applications

Radioactivity in the Environment

Volumn 2, Issue C, 2002, Pages 343-381

  Macaskiea, Lynne E ^a   Lloydb, Jon R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1016/S1569-4860(02)80041-9     Document Type: Article

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