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Long-term forest fire retardants: a review of quality, effectiveness, application and environmental considerations

Anna Giménez A B , Elsa Pastor A , Luis Zárate A , Eulàlia Planas A and Josep Arnaldos A
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A CERTEC: Centre d’Estudis del Risc Tecnològic (Centre for Studies on Technological Risk) Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Av. Diagonal, 647, E-08028 Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain).

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International Journal of Wildland Fire 13(1) 1-15 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF03001
Submitted: 17 January 2003  Accepted: 30 September 2003   Published: 8 April 2004



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