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Use of nicotinamide as an internal standard for gas chromatographic quantitation of heroin in illicit forensic drug seizures in Pakistan

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Pages 660-667 | Received 06 Mar 2016, Accepted 14 Jun 2016, Published online: 19 Jul 2016

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