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Nicotine and cotinine quantification after a 4-week inhalation of electronic cigarette vapors in male and female mice using UPLC-MS/MS

Fawaz Alasmari, Abdullah F. Alasmari, Ehab Elzayat, Majed M. Alotaibi, Farraj M. Alotaibi, Mohamed W. Attwa, Fars K. Alanazi, Elkhatim H. Abdelgadir, Syed Rizwan Ahmad, Faleh Alqahtani, Salim S. AL-Rejaie and Musaad A. Alshammari
Saudi Medical Journal July 2022, 43 (7) 678-686; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.7.20220142

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