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Polymer biodegradation: Mechanisms and estimation techniques – A review
Chemosphere · 2008 · Vol. 73(4) · pp. 429–442
Nathalie Lucas(Université de Picardie Jules Verne)Christophe Bienaimé(Université de Picardie Jules Verne)Christian BelloyM. Quéneudec(Université de Picardie Jules Verne)Françoise Silvestre(Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse)José-Edmundo Nava-Saucedo✉(Université de Picardie Jules Verne)
Microplastics and Plastic PollutionBuilding materials and conservationbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesBiodegradationAssimilation (phonology)Biochemical engineeringEnvironmental scienceComputer scienceEngineeringEcologyBiology
MeSH terms
Biodegradation, EnvironmentalEnvironmental MicrobiologyModels, TheoreticalPolymersMolecular Structure
Funding
- Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Energie
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