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Review Article| Volume 36, ISSUE 4, P635-661, December 2016

Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry

An Emerging Technology in the Toxicology Laboratory
Published:October 14, 2016DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cll.2016.07.001

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