Comparison between dynamic headspace and headspace solid-phase microextraction for gas chromatography of BTEX in urine

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 421-427

  Karačonji, Irena Brčić ^a   Skender, Ljiljana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; GC MS; PID; Purge and trap; Repeatability; SPME

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; URINALYSIS; URINE;

BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CARCINOGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; HUMANS; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

EID: 36849095569     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10004-007-0035-1     Document Type: Article

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