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Ellis, B., Garelick, H. (2009). A Multi-Criteria Approach for Assessing Options to Remediate Arsenic in Drinking Water. In: Reviews of Environmental Contamination Volume 197. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 197. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79284-2_5
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