Diagnosis and dosimetry of exposure to sulfur mustard: Development of a standard operating procedure for mass spectrometric analysis of haemoglobin adducts - Exploratory research on albumin and keratin adducts

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Noort, Daan ^a   Fidder, Alex ^a   Hulst, Albert G ^a   De Jong, Leo P A ^a   Benschop, Hendrik P ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adducts; Albumin; Dosimetry; Haemoglobin; Keratin; Mass spectrometry; Sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

ALBUMINOID; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; KERATIN; MUSTARD GAS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SKIN;

ALBUMINS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KERATINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSTARD GAS; POISONING; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN;

EID: 0038280675     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1263(200012)20:1+<::aid-jat676>3.0.co;2-f     Document Type: Article

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