Measurement of organophosphate metabolites in postpartum meconium as a potential biomarker of prenatal exposure: A validation study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 417-420

  Whyatt, Robin M ^a   Barr, Dana B ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Meconium; Organophosphates; Pesticides; Prenatal exposures

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; ISOTOPE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEASUREMENT; MECONIUM; METABOLITE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; TEMPERATURE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0035014157     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109417     Document Type: Article

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