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Simultaneous determination of pesticides, mycotoxins, tropane alkaloids, growth regulators, and pyrrolizidine alkaloids in oats and whole wheat grains after online clean-up via two-dimensional liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

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Pages 98-111 | Received 25 Jul 2018, Accepted 28 Sep 2018, Published online: 02 Jan 2019

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