Contamination of hair with 3,4-methylene dioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy) in 2 young girls from a "meth lab".

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  • Facundo Garcia-Bournissen
  • Farhan Asrar
  • Zulfikarali Verjee
  • Tatyana Karaskov
  • Gideon Koren
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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Clinical pediatrics

دوره 47 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008