Measurement of pesticides and other toxicants in amniotic fluid as a potential biomarker of prenatal exposure: A validation study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1779-1782

  Bradman, Asa ^a   Barr, Dana B ^b   Henn, Birgit G Claus ^b   Drumheller, Timothy ^c   Curry, Cynthia ^c   Eskenazi, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Exposure; Fetus; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHOL; 2 NAPHTHOL; 2,5 DICHLOROPHENOL; CARBAMATE PESTICIDE; HERBICIDE; HYDROXYBIPHENYL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PYRETHROID;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS RISK; GEOMETRY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MECONIUM; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0242456203     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6259     Document Type: Article

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