Articles | Volume 20, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3719-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3719-2016
Review article
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09 Sep 2016
Review article |  | 09 Sep 2016

Use of column experiments to investigate the fate of organic micropollutants – a review

Stefan Banzhaf and Klaus H. Hebig

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