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A review of biodegradation of synthetic plastic and foams
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gautam, R., Bassi, A. S., & Yanful, E. K.
- Venue
- Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
- Published
- 2007-04
- Volume
- 141
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 85-108
- ISSN
- 0273-2289 (ISSN-L)
- 1559-0291
- OpenAlex
- W1964603536
- Cited by
- 230
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 3.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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