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This document is an index listing topics and page numbers from a larger publication on microplastics research, not a study itself. It lists subject terms such as aging processes, airborne microplastics, aquatic environments, and bacteria, without reporting specific findings or results.
process, 1, 11 Aerial birds, 287, 292 Aged microplastic, 1, 4-5, 7-9, 13 Agglomeration, 402, 405 Aging effects, 10 Aging process, 1, 3-13 Agricultural soils, 310 Airborne microplastics, 97 Airborne MiNaPs, 377 Anaerobic digestion, 41 Animal toxicity, 325 Animal welfare, 325 Animals, 287, 292-295, 297 Anisakis disease, 132 Aquatic environment, 95, 386 Artificial, 287 Aspergillus melleus, 501 Atmosphere, 386 Auto oxidative process, 133 Autophagy, 117 Bacteria, 527 Bacteria Aliivibrio fischeri, 246
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