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Toxicosurveillance of novel opioids: just screening tests may not be enough

A. Salomonea Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Torino, Torino, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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J. J. Palamarb Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8565-9415View further author information
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Pages 271-272 | Received 11 Apr 2021, Accepted 12 Apr 2021, Published online: 19 May 2021

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