Sources and distribution of microplastics in China's largest inland lake - Qinghai Lake.

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  2018

• Venue

  Environmental Pollution

• Publication date

  2018-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.12.081PMID 29353805
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