Removal of atrazine and metabolites through slow filtration by sand and granular activated carbon;Remoção de atrazina e metabólitos pela filtração lenta com leito de areia e carvão ativado granular

Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 269-276

  Coelho, Edumar Ramos Cabral ^a   di Bernardo, Luis ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Granular activated carbon; Metabolites; Slow sand filtration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874549906     PISSN: 14134152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-41522012000300003     Document Type: Article

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