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Development of an HPLC Method for Simultaneous Analysis of Five Antineoplastic Agents

Rodney R. Larson Birmingham School of Public Health, The University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
,
M. B. Khazaeli Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
&
H. Kenneth Dillon Birmingham School of Public Health, The University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
Pages 109-119 | Published online: 30 Nov 2010

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