Microplastics Exposure Routes and Toxicity Studies to Ecosystems: An Overview
Christian Ebere Enyoh, Leila Shafea, Andrew Wirnkor Verla, Evelyn Ngozi Verla, Wang Qingyue, Tanzin Chowdhury, Marcel Paredes
Environ Anal Health Toxicol. 2020;35(1):e2020004  Published online 2020 Mar 25     DOI: https://doi.org/10.5620/eaht.e2020004
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