Characterisation of plastic microbeads in facial scrubs and their estimated emissions in Mainland China.

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  2017

• Venue

  Water Research

• Publication date

  2017-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.watres.2017.05.053PMID 28591661
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