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Corrigendum: The presence of microplastics in commercial salts from different countries
Summary
Researchers published a corrigendum correcting an earlier study on the presence of microplastics in commercial salts from different countries, originally published in Scientific Reports in April 2017. The correction addresses specific errors or updates in the original article's data or methodology.
This corrects the article published in Scientific Reports Vol. 7, article 46173; published online: 06 April 2017; updated: 26 June 2017 DOI: 10.1038/srep46173.
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