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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: Li, Lianzhen
Luo, Yongming
Li, Ruijie
Zhou, Qian
Peijnenburg, Willie J. G. M.
Yin, Na
Yang, Jie
Tu, Chen
Zhang, Yunchao
Venue: Nature Sustainability
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2020-07-13
Volume: 3
Issue: 11
Pages: 929-937
ISSN: 2398-9629 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-0567-9
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
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Licence: www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (tdm)
www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (vor)
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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