Degradation of polyethylene microplastics in seawater: Insights into the environmental degradation of polymers

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Journal of Environmental Science and Health. Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

• Publication date

  2018-04-06

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Materials Science, Chemistry, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1080/10934529.2018.1455381PMID 29624466
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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