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This letter to the editor refers to the article at 10.1007/s10967-014-2939-y and a rebuttal letter to this letter to the editor is available at 10.1007/s10967-014-3057-6.
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Bazin, D., Daudon, M. Letter to the editor: Studies of kidney stones using INAA, EDXRF and XRD techniques (doi: 10.1007/s10967-014-2939-y). J Radioanal Nucl Chem 300, 195–196 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3058-5
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