Occurrence and Spatial Distribution of Microplastics in River Shore Sediments of the Rhine-Main Area in Germany.

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  2015

• Venue

  Environmental Science and Technology

• Publication date

  2015-05-06

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1021/ACS.EST.5B00492PMID 25901760
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