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Lin Chen, Kun Ma
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Environmental Sciences
Wei Zuo, Qin Lin, Xinju Liu, Lu Lv, Chunrong Zhang, Shenggan Wu, Xi Cheng, Yijun Yu, Tao Tang
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
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Yibo Yan, Yong Yang
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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
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Environmental Sciences
Haipeng Song, Tingting He
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Environmental Studies
Xue Ao, Qingfei Zhai, Chunyu Zhao, Yan Cui, Xiaoyu Zhou, Jingwei Li, Mingqian Li
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Environmental Sciences
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(2020)
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Dong Wu, Zhenhong Li, Yongchao Zhu, Xuan Li, Yingjie Wu, Shibo Fang
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