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Acid deposition and critical load analysis in Agra, India

Anindita Bhattacharya1, Richa Mudgal, Ajay Taneja

  • 1Department of Chemistry, St. John's College, School of Chemical Sciences, Agra 282005, India. anindi@iitk.ac.in, anib_a@yahoo.com

Journal of Hazardous Materials
|June 5, 2004
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