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Subject Headings for Civil and Environmental Engineering

Groundwater hydrology
Construction management
Traffic Engineering
Prevention of accidents
Engineering law
Contracts. Construction industry
Air pollution - Laws and legislation
Laws - Atomic power radiation
Laws - Atomic waste disposal
Radioactive substnaces. Special aspects
Ions and ionization
Structural Geology
Sanitation and sanitary control
Radioactive substances - Toxicology
Soils classification - Analysis
Operations research - Systems analysis
Civil engineering
Hydraulic engineering
Highway engineering - Roads and pavements
Railroad engineering and operation
Building - Contracts and specifications
Earth movements and buildings
Transportation

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