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Assessment of organic contaminant fate in waste water treatment plants : selected compounds and physicochemical properties.

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Assessment of organic contaminant fate in waste water treatment plants : selected compounds and physicochemical properties. / Alcock, Ruth E.; Sweetman, Andrew J.; Jones, Kevin C.
In: Chemosphere, Vol. 38, No. 10, 04.1999, p. 2247-2262.

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Alcock, RE, Sweetman, AJ & Jones, KC 1999, 'Assessment of organic contaminant fate in waste water treatment plants : selected compounds and physicochemical properties.', Chemosphere, vol. 38, no. 10, pp. 2247-2262. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00444-5

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Alcock, R. E., Sweetman, A. J., & Jones, K. C. (1999). Assessment of organic contaminant fate in waste water treatment plants : selected compounds and physicochemical properties. Chemosphere, 38(10), 2247-2262. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00444-5

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Alcock RE, Sweetman AJ, Jones KC. Assessment of organic contaminant fate in waste water treatment plants : selected compounds and physicochemical properties. Chemosphere. 1999 Apr;38(10):2247-2262. doi: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00444-5

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Alcock, Ruth E. ; Sweetman, Andrew J. ; Jones, Kevin C. / Assessment of organic contaminant fate in waste water treatment plants : selected compounds and physicochemical properties. In: Chemosphere. 1999 ; Vol. 38, No. 10. pp. 2247-2262.

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