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Clinical Research

Intoxications in the STRIDA project involving a panorama of psychostimulant pyrovalerone derivatives, MDPV copycats

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Pages 256-263 | Received 22 May 2017, Accepted 17 Aug 2017, Published online: 12 Sep 2017

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