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Control of disinfection and halogenated disinfection byproducts by the electrochemical process

Y J Jung1, B S Oh, J W Kang

  • 1Department of Environmental Engineering, YIEST, Yonsei University, 234 Maeji, Heungup, Wonju city, Gangwon, South Korea.

Water Science and Technology : a Journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research
|August 7, 2007
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