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    Rafał Frański, Błażej Gierczyk & Aleksandra Zdrojewska

  2. Centre for Advance Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89C, 61-614, Poznan, Poland

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Frański, R., Gierczyk, B., Zdrojewska, A. et al. Comments on the paper entitled “Rapid tentative identification of synthetic cathinones in seized products taking advantage of the full capabilities of triple quadrupole analyzer”. Forensic Toxicol 37, 504–506 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-019-00475-0

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