Chemical behavior of phthalates under abiotic conditions in landfills

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 224, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-52

  Huang, Jingyu ^a   Nkrumah, Philip N ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Appiah Sefah, Gloria ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84873594329     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5882-1_2     Document Type: Article

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