Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife.

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Published in Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci on July 27, 2009

Authors

Emma L Teuten1, Jovita M Saquing, Detlef R U Knappe, Morton A Barlaz, Susanne Jonsson, Annika Björn, Steven J Rowland, Richard C Thompson, Tamara S Galloway, Rei Yamashita, Daisuke Ochi, Yutaka Watanuki, Charles Moore, Pham Hung Viet, Touch Seang Tana, Maricar Prudente, Ruchaya Boonyatumanond, Mohamad P Zakaria, Kongsap Akkhavong, Yuko Ogata, Hisashi Hirai, Satoru Iwasa, Kaoruko Mizukawa, Yuki Hagino, Ayako Imamura, Mahua Saha, Hideshige Takada

Author Affiliations

1: Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, Marine Institute University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, UK.

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