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Influence of important environmental parameters on the spread and severity of COVID-19: Part 1 重要环境参数对COVID-19传播和严重程度的影响:第一部分

American Journal of Environmental Biology Pub Date : 2020-05-21 DOI: 10.47610/ajeb-2020-a1v1

V. Tiwari, N. Sharma

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Profile of parameters affecting adsorption of Hexavalent Chromium on low-cost adsorbent- The raw baggase 影响六价铬在低成本吸附剂-原料袋气酶上吸附的参数概况

American Journal of Environmental Biology Pub Date : 2020-04-29 DOI: 10.47610/ajeb-2020-a1v4

N. Tewari, P. Vasudevan

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Bioplastics: requirement for sustainability 生物塑料:可持续性要求

American Journal of Environmental Biology Pub Date : 2020-03-25 DOI: 10.47610/ajeb-2020-a1v5

R. Srivastava, Ram Singh

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