The plastic in microplastics: A review.
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Summary
This review assesses the relevance of selected characteristics of plastics that composes the microplastics, to their role as a pollutant with potentially serious ecological impacts.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 2017-06-15
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- 1,926
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- 135
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Keywords
Microplastics, Pollutant, Environmental science, Plastic pollution, Environmental chemistry
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