Environmental sustainability of grey water footprints in Peshawar Basin: Current and future reduced flow scenarios for Kabul River
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Keywords: sustainability, grey water footprint, nitrogen, phosphorus, water pollution, Kabul River, Pakistan
DOI: 10.25165/j.ijabe.20191204.4804
Citation: Khan T, Khan H. Environmental sustainability of grey water footprints in Peshawar Basin: Current and future reduced flow scenarios for Kabul River. Int J Agric & Biol Eng, 2019; 12(4): 162–168.
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