Measurement of Toxaphene Congeners in Pooled Human Serum Collected in Three U.S. Cities Using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 551-556

  Barr, John R ^a   Woolfitt, Adrian R ^a   Maggio, Vincent L ^a   Patterson Jr , Donald G ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPHECLOR; METHANE;

BIOACCUMULATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXAPHENE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERUM; SOLID; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1942434740     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-003-3128-0     Document Type: Article

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