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Metadata
- Authors
- Li, L., Luo, Y., Li, R., Zhou, Q., Peijnenburg, W. J. G. M., Yin, N., Yang, J., Tu, C., & Zhang, Y.
- Affiliations
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Leiden University (NL)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature Sustainability
- Published
- 2020-07-13
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 929-937
- ISSN
- 2398-9629 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3041084130
- Cited by
- 1,479
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2026: 226 · 2025: 308 · 2024: 316 · 2023: 277 · 2022: 214 · 2021: 120 · 2020: 16
- FWCI
- 38.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature Sustainability (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Leiden Repository (Leiden University) (submittedVersion)
- Knowledge Repository of Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, CAS (Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research) (submittedVersion)
- Rivm Repository (Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) (submittedVersion)
- Rivm (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (41877142, 41991330)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (QYZDJSSW-DQC015, DQC015)
- Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Keywords
- microplastics, cultivated plants, plant uptake, lateral root emergence, treated wastewater irrigation
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