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Original Articles

Simultaneous determination of pharmaceutical compounds in environmental samples by solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

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Pages 127-136 | Received 28 Jan 2011, Accepted 16 Sep 2011, Published online: 07 Nov 2011

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