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    Abhishek Kumar Awasthi, Xianlai Zeng & Jinhui Li

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Awasthi, A.K., Zeng, X. & Li, J. Response to “Letter to the editor re: Awasthi et al., 2016 (Environ Sci Pollut Res 23(12): 11509–11532)”. Environ Sci Pollut Res 23, 25512–25514 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7765-z

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