PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Volume 18, Issue no.1/ 2024

Authors :

Vasilica ISTRATE , Serghei EREMEICO, Dragos  Andrei SÎRBU, Eduard POPESCU, Emil SÎRBU, Doru Dorian POPESCU

1 Interventii Active în Atmosfera S.A. Romania

E-mail : * Corresponding author: vasile.istrate@iaa.eu

https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2024181002

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