Gas chromatography analysis of urinary alkoxyacetic acids as biomarkers of exposure to aliphatic alkyl ethers

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 252-257

  Li, Nanqin ^a   Chu, Ih ^a,b   Poon, Raymond ^a   Wade, Mike G ^a  

^a Environmental Health Science Bureau   (Canada)

^b Environmental Health Centre Ottawa   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALKOXYACETIC ACID; ALKYL ETHER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUTOXYACETIC ACID; DIAZOMETHANE; ETHOXYACETIC ACID; METHOXYACETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ETHER DERIVATIVE; GLYCOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; N-BUTOXYACETIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; EVALUATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

ACETIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ETHERS; FLAME IONIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLYCOLATES; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33747178129     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 01464760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/30.4.252     Document Type: Article

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