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Plastic Resin Pellets as a Transport Medium for Toxic Chemicals in the Marine Environment

✍ Scribed by Mato, Yukie; Isobe, Tomohiko; Takada, Hideshige; Kanehiro, Haruyuki; Ohtake, Chiyoko; Kaminuma, Tsuguchika

Book ID: 120545588
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 140 KB
Volume: 35
Category: Article
ISSN: 0013-936X
DOI: 10.1021/es0010498

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