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Open Access 01-01-2019 | Letter to the Editor

Unstability of 4-CMC in human serum specimen

Authors: Karolina Nowak, Paweł Szpot, Marcin Zawadzki

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Title: Unstability of 4-CMC in human serum specimen
Authors: Karolina Nowak
Paweł Szpot
Marcin Zawadzki
Publication date: 01-01-2019
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Published in: Forensic Toxicology / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 1860-8965
Electronic ISSN: 1860-8973
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-018-0455-4