Environmental exposure to microplastics: An overview on possible human health effects.

@article{Prata2019EnvironmentalET,
  title={Environmental exposure to microplastics: An overview on possible human health effects.},
  author={Joana Correia Prata and Jo{\~a}o P. da Costa and Isabel Lopes and Armando C. Duarte and Teresa A. P. Rocha-Santos},
  journal={The Science of the total environment},
  year={2019},
  volume={702},
  pages={
          134455
        }
}
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