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Microplastics in the Asia-Pacific Region in the Plasticene Era: Exposures and Health Risks

Annals of Global Health
Volume 90 (2024): Issue 1
By: Peter Sly,  Khadija Al Nabhani,  Kam Sripada and  Fujio Kayama  
Open Access
|Jan 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4326 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 21, 2023
Accepted on: Dec 21, 2023
Published on: Jan 31, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Plastic products,
human health,
environmental exposure,
environmental degradation,
the Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment and Health

© 2024 Peter Sly, Khadija Al Nabhani, Kam Sripada, Fujio Kayama, published by Ubiquity Press
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