The complex interaction between marine debris and toxic chemicals in the ocean.

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Environmental Science and Technology

• Publication date

  2012-11-02

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1021/es3027105PMID 23088563
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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