Occurrence of microplastics in municipal sewage treatment plants: a review
Hyun-Joong Kang, Hee-Jin Park, Oh-Kyung Kwon, Won-Seok Lee, Dong-Hwan Jeong, Byoung-Kyu Ju, Jung-Hwan Kwon
Environ Anal Health Toxicol. 2018;33(3):e2018013 Published online 2018 Sep 28 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5620/eht.e2018013
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