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Wei Ting Hsu1, Mei Chen Liu1, Pao Chen Hung1

  • 1Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Central University, 300 Jhong-da Road, Jhongli, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan.

Journal of Hazardous Materials
|July 9, 2016
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Keywords:
Activated carbon adsorptionCatalytic filterCoal-fired power plantMunicipal waste incineratorPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

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