News Feature: Microplastics present pollution puzzle

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 5547-5549

  Katsnelson, Alla ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; NYLON; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARTICLE SIZE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SYNTHETIC FIBER; WATER POLLUTANT; ZOOPLANKTON; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; CHEMISTRY; CLOTHING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; SEWAGE;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CLOTHING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; INDUSTRY; NYLONS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84928923353     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1504135112     Document Type: Note

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