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Review Article| Volume 36, ISSUE 4, P663-671, December 2016

Common Interferences in Drug Testing

  • Michael P. Smith
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Laboratory, Beaumont Laboratories, Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak, 3601 West 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073.
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    Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, USA

    Toxicology and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Laboratory, Beaumont Laboratories, Beaumont Hospital-Royal Oak, 3601 West 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA
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  • Martin H. Bluth
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    Department of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 540 East Canfield, Detroit, MI 48201, USA

    Consolidated Laboratory Management Systems, 24555 Southfield Road, Southfield, Michigan 48075, USA
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