Quantitation of biomarkers of exposure to nitrogen mustards in urine from rats dosed with nitrogen mustards and from an unexposed human population

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 320-326

  Lemire, Sharon W ^a   Barr, John R ^a   Ashley, David L ^a   Olson, Carl T ^b   Hayes, Timothy L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BIS(2 CHLOROETHYL)ETHYLAMINE; CHLORMETHINE; CHLORMETHINE DERIVATIVE; DIETHANOLAMINE; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; N ETHYL 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; N ETHYLDIETHANOLAMINE; TRICHLORMETHINE; TRIETHANOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TERRORISM; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 3242718664     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/28.5.320     Document Type: Article

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