Hair as a Specimen to Document Tetramethylene Disulfotetramine Exposure

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 669-673

  Shen, Min ^a   Xiang, Ping ^a   Zhou, Fuxiang ^b   Shen, Baohua ^a   Shi, Yan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE   (China)

^b Criminal Police Group   (China)

Author keywords

Exposure; Forensic science; Forensic toxicology; GC MS; Hair; Tetramethylene disulfotetramine

Indexed keywords

BRIDGED COMPOUND; RODENTICIDE; TETRAMETHYLENEDISULFOTETRAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HAIR; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RODENTICIDES;

EID: 84860157640     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02052.x     Document Type: Article

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