Dialkyl phosphates in meconium as a biomarker of prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides: A study on pregnant women of rural areas in Crete, Greece

Xenobiotica

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 364-373

  Tsatsakis, A M ^a   Tzatzarakis, M N ^a   Koutroulakis, D ^b   Toutoudaki, M ^a   Sifakis, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dialkyl phosphates; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS); Meconium; Pesticide; Pregnancy; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

ALKANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; DIETHYLTHIOPHOSPHATE; O,O DIMETHYLTHIOPHOSPHORIC ACID; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHOSPHORIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; PHOSPHORODITHIOIC ACID O,O DIETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREECE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MECONIUM; METABOLITE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MECONIUM; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 70350686086     PISSN: 00498254     EISSN: 13665928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00498250902745090     Document Type: Article

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