Is hair analysis for dialkyl phosphate metabolites a suitable biomarker for assessing past acute exposure to organophosphate pesticides?

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 266-273

  Tsatsakis, A M ^a   Tutudaki, M ^a   Tzatzarakis, M N ^a   Dawson, A ^b   Mohamed, F ^b   Christaki, M ^a   Alegakis, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

biomonitoring; dialkyl phosphate metabolites; gas chromatography mass spectrometry; past acute exposure; segmental hair analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALKANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIMETHOATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PHENTHOATE; PRALIDOXIME;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HUMANS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; POISONING; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861073216     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327111403171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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