Plastic and Human Health: A Micro Issue?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 6634-6647

  Wright, Stephanie L ^a   Kelly, Frank J ^a  

^a Imperial College London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL HAZARDS; HEALTH; POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

CROSS-DISCIPLINARY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS; HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINANT; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

HEALTH HAZARDS;

MICROPLASTIC; NYLON; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH IMPACT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PLASTIC; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXICITY;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HONEY; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INGESTION; LEACHING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MICROBIOME; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLLUTANT; SHELLFISH; SURFACE PROPERTY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; PLASTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85021625493     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00423     Document Type: Article

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