Quantification of ricinine in rat and human urine: A biomarker for ricin exposure

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 149-155

  Johnson, Rudolph C ^a   Lemire, Sharon W ^a   Woolfitt, Adrian R ^a   Ospina, Maria ^a   Preston, Kerry P ^a   Olson, Carl T ^b   Barr, John R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 CYANO 4 METHOXY N METHYL 2 PYRIDONE; ABRIN; ALKALOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RICIN; RICININE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RICINUS COMMUNIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 17144412110     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/29.3.149     Document Type: Article

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