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Challenges in assessing the environmental fate and exposure of nano silver

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Challenges in assessing the environmental fate and exposure of nano silver. / Whiteley, Cherrie M.; Valle, Matteo Dalla; Jones, Kevin C. et al.
In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 304, No. 1, 012070, 01.01.2011.

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Whiteley, CM, Valle, MD, Jones, KC & Sweetman, AJ 2011, 'Challenges in assessing the environmental fate and exposure of nano silver', Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 304, no. 1, 012070. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/304/1/012070

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Whiteley, C. M., Valle, M. D., Jones, K. C., & Sweetman, A. J. (2011). Challenges in assessing the environmental fate and exposure of nano silver. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 304(1), Article 012070. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/304/1/012070

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Whiteley CM, Valle MD, Jones KC, Sweetman AJ. Challenges in assessing the environmental fate and exposure of nano silver. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2011 Jan 1;304(1):012070. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/304/1/012070

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Whiteley, Cherrie M. ; Valle, Matteo Dalla ; Jones, Kevin C. et al. / Challenges in assessing the environmental fate and exposure of nano silver. In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2011 ; Vol. 304, No. 1.

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