Plastic waste in the marine environment: A review of sources, occurrence and effects.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Science of the Total Environment

• Publication date

  2016-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.084PMID 27232963
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