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Fate of Parasites in Sewage Sludge

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Sludge Characteristics and Behavior

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Reimers, R.S., Leftwich, D.B., Englande, A.J., Little, M.D., Bowman, D.D., Wilkinson, R.F. (1983). Fate of Parasites in Sewage Sludge. In: Carberry, J.B., Englande, A.J. (eds) Sludge Characteristics and Behavior. NATO ASI Series, vol 66. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6860-8_12

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