A fast method for the analysis of municipal solid waste in developing countries - Case study of Serbia

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1021-1029

  Vujić, Goran ^a   Jovičić, Nebojša ^b   Redžić, Nebojša ^c   Jovičič, Gordana ^b   Batinić, Bojan ^a   Stanisavljević, Nemanja ^a   Abuhress, Omran Altabt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^c Serbian Environmental Protection Agency   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Developing country; Methodology; MSW analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751525899     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2010.134     Document Type: Article

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