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Vapor-alcohol control tests with compressed ethanol-gas mixtures: scientific basis and actual performance

K M Dubowski1, N A Essary

  • 1University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Medicine and Forensic Science Laboratories, Oklahoma City 73190-3000, USA.

Journal of Analytical Toxicology
|October 1, 1996
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