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Letter to the Editor

Reply to “Using postmortem blood and urine norfentanyl/fentanyl ratios in the investigation of fentanyl-related deaths”

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Page 894 | Received 12 May 2016, Accepted 03 Jun 2016, Published online: 17 Jun 2016

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