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Human health risk perspective study on characterization, quantification and spatial distribution of microplastics in surface water, groundwater and coastal sediments of thickly populated Chennai coast of South India

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Pages 222-244 | Received 21 Oct 2022, Accepted 30 Nov 2022, Published online: 19 Dec 2022

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