Quantitation of metabolites of the nerve agents sarin, soman, cyclohexylsarin, VX, and Russian VX in human urine using isotope-dilution gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 372-378

  Barr, John R ^a   Driskell, W Jack ^a   Aston, Linda S ^b   Martinez, Rodolfo A ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CYCLOSARIN; ISOBUTYL METHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; O (2 METHYLPROPYL) 2 (DIETHYLAMINO)ETHYLMETHYLPHOSPHONOTHIOLATE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; SARIN; SOMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; NEUROTOXICITY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SYNTHESIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 3242677043     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/28.5.372     Document Type: Article

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