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Characterization and Study of Correlations among Major Pollution Parameters in Textile Wastewater

Keywords: Textile Wastewater, Characterization, Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Chemical Oxygen Demand, Solids

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 30 ,  Issue 4

Sajjad   Haydar , Amna   Bari ,    ,

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