Measurement of toluene concentrations in the blood of fetuses of pregnant rats exposed to low concentration toluene using headspace-solid phase micro extraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-55

  Nakajima, Daisuke ^a   Tsukahara, Shinji ^a   Hojo, Rieko ^a   Kageyama, Shiho ^a   Goto, Sumio ^b   Shiraishi, Hiroaki ^a   Shiraishi, Fujio ^a   Fujimaki, Hidekazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood; Fetus; Headspace; Solid phase micro extraction; Toluene

Indexed keywords

TOLUENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 60549110491     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.55.50     Document Type: Article

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