Analysis of perfluoroalkyl substances in cord blood by turbulent flow chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 433, Issue , 2012, Pages 151-160

  Llorca, Marta ^a   Pérez, Francisca ^a   Farré, Marinella ^a   Agramunt, Sílvia ^b,c   Kogevinas, Manolis ^b,c,d,e   Barceló, Damià ^a,f,g  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^f CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^g KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cord blood; On line; Perfluorinated compounds; Perfluoroalkyl substances; Turbulent flow chromatography

Indexed keywords

2002/657/EC; ANALYTES; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BARCELONA; CORD BLOOD; DECISION LIMIT; DETECTION CAPABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY; ISOTOPIC DILUTION; LIMITS OF DETECTION; ON-LINE; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PROTEIN PRECIPITATION; SAMPLE INJECTION; SAMPLE PRETREATMENT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACETONITRILE; BLOOD; CENTRIFUGATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TURBULENT FLOW;

CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACETONITRILE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; PERFLUOROBUTANESULFONATE; PERFLUOROBUTANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONATE; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROTETRADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROTRIDECANOIC ACID; SULFUR ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TURBULENT FLOW;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CENTRIFUGATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LINEARITY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN PRECIPITATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBUSTNESS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TURBULENT FLOW CHROMATOGRAPHY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VALIDATION STUDY;

CENTRIFUGATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FETAL BLOOD; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; QUALITY CONTROL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84863524895     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.080     Document Type: Article

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