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Original Article

Assessing nanomaterial exposures in aquatic ecotoxicological testing: Framework and case studies based on dispersion and dissolution

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Pages 546-557 | Received 18 Oct 2016, Accepted 03 Apr 2017, Published online: 02 May 2017

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