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Covid-19 face masks: A potential source of microplastic fibers in the environment
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- Authors
- Fadare, O. O., & Okoffo, E. D.
- Venue
- Science of The Total Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-10
- Volume
- 737
- Pages
- 140279
- ISSN
- 0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
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- W3034205675
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- 906
- References
- 5
- FWCI
- 35.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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