Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by COVID-19 pandemic in Marina Beach, the longest urban beach in Asia: Abundance, distribution, and analytical characterization
Gunasekaran Kannan, Bilal Mghili, Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre, Prabhu Kolandhasamy, M. Machendiranathan, Mayavan Veeramuthu Rajeswari, Ayyappan Saravanakumar
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