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Original Articles

Attenuated total reflectance – Fourier transform infra-red spectral profiling of illicit heroin for forensic intelligence

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Pages 543-551 | Received 17 Jul 2016, Accepted 15 Dec 2016, Published online: 19 Jan 2017

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