Fatal sarin poisoning in Syria 2013: forensic verification within an international laboratory network
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Sarin poisoning of a rescue team in the Matsumoto sarin incident in Japan.
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عنوان ژورنال: Forensic Toxicology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1860-8965,1860-8973
DOI: 10.1007/s11419-017-0376-7