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Review Article

Steroid hormones in surface water resources in China: systematic review and meta-analysis and probabilistic ecological risk assessment

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Pages 2213-2229 | Received 06 Apr 2023, Accepted 06 Jul 2023, Published online: 12 Jul 2023

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