The global drain: Why China’s water pollution problems should matter to the rest of the world

Environment

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 16-29

  Currell, Matthew J ^a   Han, Dongmei ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

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EID: 85007507170     PISSN: 00139157     EISSN: 19399154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2017.1252605     Document Type: Article

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