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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2353-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2353-2016
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17 Jun 2016
Research article |  | 17 Jun 2016

A meta-analysis and statistical modelling of nitrates in groundwater at the African scale

Issoufou Ouedraogo and Marnik Vanclooster

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