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19 Micro/nanoplastics
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This is a chapter entry from a reference volume on particle technology and textiles covering micro- and nanoplastics; no original research findings are presented in the abstract.
19 Micro/nanoplastics was published in Particle Technology and Textiles on page 373.
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