Indirect effects of COVID-19 on the environment: How plastic contamination from disposable surgical masks affect early development of plants

Enikő Mészáros; Attila Bodor; Ádám Szierer; Etelka Kovács; Katalin Perei; Csaba Tölgyesi; Zoltán Bátori; Gábor Feigl

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129255

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Indirect effects of COVID-19 on the environment: How plastic contamination from disposable surgical masks affect early development of plants

Enikő Mészáros Attila Bodor Ádám Szierer Etelka Kovács Katalin Perei Csaba Tölgyesi

Zoltán Bátori

Gábor Feigl

Journal of Hazardous Materials Vol. 436 pp. 129255 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Aug 01, 2022
Vol/Issue: 436
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Department of Ecology University of Szeged Szeged 6726 Hungary; MTA‐DE Lendület Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group University of Debrecen Debrecen 4032 Hungary

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Zoltán Bátori

Department of Ecology University of Szeged Szeged 6726 Hungary

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Gábor Feigl

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Enikő Mészáros, Attila Bodor, Ádám Szierer, et al. (2022). Indirect effects of COVID-19 on the environment: How plastic contamination from disposable surgical masks affect early development of plants. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 436, 129255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129255

Indirect effects of COVID-19 on the environment: How plastic contamination from disposable surgical masks affect early development of plants

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