Plastic resin pellets as a transport medium for toxic chemicals in the marine environment.

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Environmental Science and Technology

• Publication date

  2001-01-15

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Chemistry, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1021/ES0010498PMID 11347604
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