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Zhuang W, Zhu T, Li F, Jing C, Ying SC, Abernathy MJ, Song J, Yin H. New insights into thallium(I) behaviors at birnessite surfaces: Effects of an organic buffer and goethite. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 480:136340. [PMID: 39486338 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2024] [Revised: 10/19/2024] [Accepted: 10/27/2024] [Indexed: 11/04/2024]
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Understanding the environmental behavior of thallium (Tl) is crucial due to its high toxicity and increasing anthropogenic presence. This study investigated the adsorption and redox behaviors of Tl(I) with acid birnessite (AcBi) in the presence of 1,4-piperazine-diethanesulfonic acid (PIPES) and goethite under diffusion-limited conditions using Donnan reactors in aerobic and anaerobic environments. Our findings indicate that Tl(I) preferentially adsorbs onto AcBi, with capacities 20 to 100 times higher than onto goethite, even when AcBi is partial reduced by PIPES. No net Tl(I) oxidation occurred in the Donnan reactors, likely due to complex electron transfer processes between Tl(I), birnessite, and PIPES. Any Tl(III) generated from Tl(I) oxidation by birnessite was rapidly reduced back to Tl(I) by PIPES. This was confirmed in batch experiments where reduced Tl(III) on birnessite surfaces and in Tl(III) salts. These findings highlight the need to assess the impact of Good's buffers on redox reactions involving manganese oxides and Tl, while also providing insights into the competitive retention of Tl on manganese and iron (hydr)oxides, with implications for Tl mobility and bioavailability in natural environments.
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- Wen Zhuang
- Institute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China; Institute of Eco-environmental Forensics, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China; Institute of Eco-environmental Forensics, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China
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- Environmental Toxicology Program and Department of Environmental Science, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, United States
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- Environmental Toxicology Program and Department of Environmental Science, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, United States; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, San Francisco, CA 94305, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtse River), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural affairs, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Soil Health and Green Remediation, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China.
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Liu Y, Chen W, Huang Y, Li Z, Li C, Liu H, Huangfu X. Mechanisms for thallium(I) adsorption by zinc sulfide minerals under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 462:132745. [PMID: 37827100 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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The highly toxic heavy metal thallium is widely distributed in sulfide ores and released into the environment by sulfide mining. However, the interface between the sulfide minerals and Tl(I) is unclear. In this study, the capacity for adsorption of thallium(I) by a common sulfide mineral (zinc sulfide) was investigated in aerobic and anaerobic environments, which revealed three mechanisms for adsorption on the ZnS surface (surface complexation, electrostatic action and oxidation promotion). Batch experiments indicated that the Tl(I) adsorption capacity of ZnS in an aerobic environment was approximately 9.3% higher than that in an anaerobic environment and was positively correlated with the pH. The adsorption kinetic data showed good fits with the pseudosecond-order model and the Freundlich isotherm model. The Tl(I) adsorption mechanism varied in different oxidative and pH environments. XPS, FTIR, and EDS results implied that complexation with surface hydroxyl groups was involved in the adsorption process. pH experiments and zeta analyses suggested that electrostatic attraction was also involved. Surface complexation and electrostatic attraction were the dominant mechanisms at pH values above 6. Furthermore, oxidative dissolution of ZnS and hydrolysis of Zn2+ enhanced the complexation with hydroxyl groups on the mineral surface and facilitated Tl adsorption. In this study, this interface mechanism provided new insights into thallium migration in sulfurized mineral environments in aerobic and anaerobic transition regions.
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- Yu Liu
- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China.
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Ma Q, Jiang L, Yang B, Xu B, Wang Q, Wu Q, Ning P, Zhang Y, Huang J, Hao J. Mn/Ce@HKUST-1 for Efficient Removal of Gaseous Thallium: Insights from Kinetic and Experimental Studies. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:13090-13102. [PMID: 37669076 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Gaseous thallium (Tl) pollution events, primarily caused by non-ferrous mineral refineries and fossil fuel combustion, have increased over the past few decades. To prevent gaseous Tl distribution from flue gas, MnO2/CeO2@HKUST-1 (MCH) was synthesized and found to achieve a gaseous Tl(I) removal level of up to 90% at 423 K, a weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) of 2000 h-1/mL with an Mn dose of 10%, maintained over 10 h. The best Mn/Ce ratio was found to be 9:1. To further investigate surface kinetic behavior, four commonly used kinetic models were applied, including the Eley-Rideal (ER) model, Langmuir-Hinshelwood (LH) model, Mars-van Krevelen (MVK) model, and pseudo-first-order (PFO) model. While the ER and LH models had the slightest deviation, the MVK model was the most reliable. The CatMAP software was also used to match the simulation deviation. This work demonstrated the Tl removal mechanism and provided insights into the accuracy of kinetic models on minor-radius heavy metal. Thus, this research may help promote the design of reactors, heavy metal removal rates, and flue gas purification technology selection.
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- Qiang Ma
- Sichuan Provincial Engineering Research Center of City Solid Waste Energy and Building Materials Conversion & Utilization Technology, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
- School of Environment, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Sichuan Provincial Engineering Research Center of City Solid Waste Energy and Building Materials Conversion & Utilization Technology, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- Sichuan Provincial Engineering Research Center of City Solid Waste Energy and Building Materials Conversion & Utilization Technology, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
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- Sichuan Provincial Engineering Research Center of City Solid Waste Energy and Building Materials Conversion & Utilization Technology, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- Sichuan Provincial Engineering Research Center of City Solid Waste Energy and Building Materials Conversion & Utilization Technology, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biological Science, Dali University, Dali 671000, China
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- Sichuan Provincial Engineering Research Center of City Solid Waste Energy and Building Materials Conversion & Utilization Technology, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- School of Environment, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Chen W, Huangfu X, Xiong J, Liu H, He Q. Dynamic retention of thallium(I) on humic acid: Novel insights into the heterogeneous complexation ability and responsiveness. WATER RESEARCH 2023; 239:120053. [PMID: 37182311 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Widely distributed soil humic acid (HA) would significantly affect the environmental migration behavior of Tl(I), but a quantitative and mechanistic understanding of the dynamic Tl(I) retention process on HA is limited. A unified kinetic model was established by coupling the humic ion-binding model with a stirred-flow kinetic model, which quantified the complexation constants and responsiveness coefficients during dynamic Tl(I)-HA complexation. Furthermore, the heterogeneous complexation mechanism of HA and Tl(I) was revealed by batch adsorption experiments, stirred-flow migration experiments, and 2D-FTIR-COS analysis. An increase in pH significantly improved the responsiveness of HA organic binding sites, promoting Tl(I) dynamic retention. Monodentate carboxyl groups induced rapid Tl(I) complexation (kd = 1.9 min-1) in strongly acidic environments. Under weakly acidic conditions, Tl(I) retention on HA was mainly attributed to the synergistic complexation effect of carboxyl and amide groups. Among the groups, multidentate carboxyl-phenolic hydroxyl sites could achieve sustained Tl(I) retention due to their stable complexing properties (logK = 4.48∼7.46) and slow response (kd = 1.1 × 10-3 min-1). These findings are crucial for a comprehensive understanding of the environmental interactions of Tl(I) with humic substances in swamp environments.
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- Wanpeng Chen
- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region, Ministry of Education, College of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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Wang H, Duan R, Ding L, Tian L, Liu Y, Zhang Y, Xu R. Magnetic hydrochar derived from waste lignin for thallium removal from wastewater: Performance and mechanisms. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2023; 374:128736. [PMID: 36791975 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Waste lignin, such as black liquor (BL) from paper and pulping industries, is an agro-industrial biowaste while its reuse raised global concerns. In this work, a hydrothermal carbonization procedure was employed to convert BL into magnetic lignin-based hydrochar (MLHC) for thallium elimination from wastewater. The results exhibited water purification potential due to a wider working pH window (2-9) with the magnetization intensity of 11.12 emu/g. The maximum adsorption capacity for Tl(III) was 278.9 mg/g, while the contribution of various mechanisms was elucidated with the order: surface precipitation (31.3 %), complexation (20.6 %), physical adsorption (18.2 %), chemical reduction (15.0 %), and ion exchange (14.9 %). This study revealed that hydrothermal treatment could be a potential and promising method to convert waste lignin into magnetic bio-adsorbent to recycle pulping black liquor and apply it for thallium pollution control.
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- Huabin Wang
- School of Energy and Environment Science, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, PR China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Rural Energy Engineering, Kunming 650500, PR China
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- School of Energy and Environment Science, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, PR China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Rural Energy Engineering, Kunming 650500, PR China
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- National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Heavy Metal Pollutant Control and Resource Utilization, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330063, PR China
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- School of Energy and Environment Science, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, PR China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Rural Energy Engineering, Kunming 650500, PR China
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- School of Energy and Environment Science, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, PR China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Rural Energy Engineering, Kunming 650500, PR China
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- School of Energy and Environment Science, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, PR China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Rural Energy Engineering, Kunming 650500, PR China
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- School of Energy and Environment Science, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, PR China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Rural Energy Engineering, Kunming 650500, PR China.
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Ren X, Feng H, Zhao M, Zhou X, Zhu X, Ouyang X, Tang J, Li C, Wang J, Tang W, Tang L. Recent Advances in Thallium Removal from Water Environment by Metal Oxide Material. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:3829. [PMID: 36900837 PMCID: PMC10001460 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20053829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Thallium is widely used in industrial and agricultural development. However, there is still a lack of systematic understanding of its environmental hazards and related treatment methods or technologies. Here, we critically assess the environmental behavior of thallium in aqueous systems. In addition, we first discuss the benefits and limitations of the synthetic methods of metal oxide materials that may affect the practicality and scalability of TI removal from water. We then assess the feasibility of different metal oxide materials for TI removal from water by estimating the material properties and contaminant removal mechanisms of four metal oxides (Mn, Fe, Al, and Ti). Next, we discuss the environmental factors that may inhibit the practicality and scalability of Tl removal from water. We conclude by highlighting the materials and processes that could serve as more sustainable alternatives to TI removal with further research and development.
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- Xiaoyi Ren
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Aerospace Kaitian Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., Changsha 410100, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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Ultra-preconcentration technique for the determination of thallium (I) in water samples by a combination of thallium (I)-imprinted polymer and vortex-assisted liquid-liquid microextraction. Microchem J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2022.107527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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