Detection of bis(diphenylarsine)oxide, diphenylarsinic acid and phenylarsonic acid, compounds probably derived from chemical warfare agents, in drinking well water

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-137

  Ishizaki, Mutsuo ^a   Yanaoka, Tomoko ^a   Nakamura, Miki ^a   Hakuta, Tadao ^a   Ueno, Seiichi ^a   Komuro, Michihiko ^a   Shibata, Miyako ^a   Kitamura, Tatsumi ^a   Honda, Akira ^a   Doy, Mikio ^a   Ishii, Kazuhiro ^b   Tamaoka, Akira ^b   Shimojo, Nobuhiro ^b   Ogata, Tsuyoshi ^c   Nagasawa, Eiko ^d   Hanaoka, Shigeyuki ^d  

^a Ibaraki Prefectural Institute of Public Health   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c Itako Hlth Ctr of Ibaraki Pref   (Japan)

^d CHEMICALS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bis(diphenylarsine)oxide; Diphenylarsinic acid; Fragment of chemical weapon; Phenylarsonic acid; Phenylated arsine; Well water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; BENZENEARSONIC ACID; BIS(DIPHENYLARSINE)OXIDE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; CHLORODIPHENYLARSINE; DIPHENYLARSINIC ACID; DIPHENYLCYANOARSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 20844463876     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.51.130     Document Type: Article

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