Water-nutrient-food nexus: The role of green algae for sustainable food production in urban wetlands through untreated wastewater

International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 137-140

  Mukhtar, Hussnain ^a   Imran, Muhammad ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Algae; Food; Pathogens; Sustainable; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969850899     PISSN: 20885334     EISSN: 24606952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18517/ijaseit.6.2.614     Document Type: Article

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