Pesticide levels in head hair samples of Cretan population as an indicator of present and past exposure

Forensic Science International

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-71

  Tsatsakis, A M ^a   Tzatzarakis, M N ^a   Tutudaki, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

ECD; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Hair; Organochlorines; Organophosphates

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIMPYLATE; FENTHION; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; MALATHION; METHANOL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARATHION METHYL; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 39449137864     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.07.017     Document Type: Article

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