Dialkyl phosphates in amniotic fluid as a biomarker of fetal exposure to organophosphates in Crete, Greece; association with fetal growth

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 98-105

  Koutroulakis, D ^a   Sifakis, S ^a,b   Tzatzarakis, M N ^b   Alegakis, A K ^b   Theodoropoulou, E ^b   Kavvalakis, M P ^b   Kappou, D ^a   Tsatsakis, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Birth weight; Dialkyl phosphates; Fetal exposure; Fetal growth; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Organophosphate pesticides; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALKANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIETHYL THIOPHOSPHATE; DIMETHYL DITHIOPHOSPHATE; DIMETHYL THIOPHOSPHATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHOSPHORIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; PHOSPHORODITHIOIC ACID O,O DIETHYL ESTER; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GREECE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MACROSOMIA; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL AGE; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOXICITY;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84898914562     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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