Sanitation by composting

Microbes at Work: From Wastes to Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 171-191

  Vinnerås, Björn ^a,b   Agostini, F ^a   Jönsson, Hakan ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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EID: 84919730641     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04043-6_9     Document Type: Chapter

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