Effect of microplastics in water and aquatic systems

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 28 Số 16 - Trang 19544-19562 - 2021
Merlin N. Issac1, Balasubramanian Kandasubramanian2
1CIPET: Institute of Plastics Technology (IPT), HIL Colony, Edayar Road, Pathalam, Eloor, Udyogamandal P.O., Kochi, Kerala, 683501, India
2Nano-Surface Texturing Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DU), Ministry of Defence, Girinagar, Pune, Maharashtra, 411025, India

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