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Collection and management of fecal wastes for space missions

D W Rethke1, J W Steele

  • 1Hamilton Standard, Windsor Locks, Connecticut 06096-1010, USA.

Waste Management & Research : the Journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
|October 1, 1991
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