Intensive aerobic bioconversion of sewage sludge and food waste into organic fertiliser

Sewage Treatment: Uses, Processes and Impact

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 277-288

  Stabnikova, O ^a   Wang, J Y ^a   Ivanov, V ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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