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WITHDRAWN: Microplastic accumulation in aquatic insects of different feeding guilds collected from wastewater in Sohag Governorate, Egypt
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This preprint was withdrawn by the authors to comply with institutional policy and should not be cited as a reference. The study had investigated microplastic accumulation in aquatic insects of different feeding guilds collected from wastewater in Sohag Governorate, Egypt.
Abstract The full text of this preprint has been withdrawn by the authors in order to comply with an institutional policy on preprints. Therefore, the authors do not wish this work to be cited as a reference.
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