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Heewon Jang1, Daeho Kang2, Junho Jeon3

  • 1Department of Environmental Engineering, Changwon National University, Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do 51140, Republic of Korea.

Journal of Hazardous Materials
|September 25, 2026
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Keywords:
Back-transformationDual-type metabolitesHuman and microbial metabolitesPMT/PBT assessmentSuspect/non-target screeningTransformation products

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