Biofiltration for treating VOCs: An overview

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-241

  Detchanamurthy, Swaminathan ^a   Gostomski, Peter Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Air pollution; APCT; Biofiltration; VOC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865421503     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-012-9288-5     Document Type: Review

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