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Original Articles

A descriptive regional study of drug and alcohol use in pregnant women using results from urine drug testing by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

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Pages 178-186 | Received 13 Jul 2015, Accepted 02 Nov 2015, Published online: 25 Jan 2016

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