Combined analysis of prenatal (maternal hair and blood) and neonatal (infant hair, cord blood and meconium) matrices to detect fetal exposure to environmental pesticides

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 116-122

  Ostrea Jr , Enrique M ^a,b   Bielawski, Dawn M ^b   Posecion Jr , Norberto C ^a,b   Corrion, Melissa ^a,b   Villanueva Uy, Esterlita ^c   Bernardo, Rommel C ^d   Jin, Yan ^a,b   Janisse, James J ^b   Ager, Joel W ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^d Davao Regional Hospital   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Bioallethrin; Blood analysis; Hair analysis; Meconium; Pesticides; Pregnancy; Prenatal exposure to pesticides; Propoxur; Pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

BIOALLETHRIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CIPERMETHRIN; CYFLUTHRIN; DIMPYLATE; MALATHION; PESTICIDE; PRETILACHLOR; PROPOXUR; TRANSFLUTHRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MECONIUM; PHILIPPINES; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MECONIUM; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 57649221790     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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