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Murders with VX: Aum Shinrikyo in Japan and the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam in Malaysia

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  1. Hiroshima Detention Center, Hiroshima, Japan

    Tomomasa Nakagawa

  2. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular, Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA

    Anthony T. Tu

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Nakagawa, T., Tu, A.T. Murders with VX: Aum Shinrikyo in Japan and the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam in Malaysia. Forensic Toxicol 36, 542–544 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-018-0426-9

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