Management of EDTA-containing aqueous effluent: Environmental concerns and remedies

EDTA: Synthesis, Uses and Environmental Concerns

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 163-177

  Begum, Zinnat A ^a   Rahman, Ismail M M ^a,b   Hasegawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

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