Determination of organochlorines, polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in human hair: Estimation of external and internal exposure

Chemosphere

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 327-336

  Lu, Dasheng ^a   Feng, Chao ^a   Lin, Yuanjie ^a   Wang, Dongli ^b   Ip, Ho Sai Simon ^b   Qiu, Xinlei ^a   Wang, Guoquan ^a   She, Jianwen ^b  

^a SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hair; Human biomonitoring; Hydrolysis of formic acid; LVI GC MS MS; POPs

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DRUG PRODUCTS; ETHERS; EXTRACTION; FORMIC ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; GC-MS/MS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY (GPC); HAIR; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POPS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOMONITORING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION METHOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR; HOMINID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; COST; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MICROWAVE ASSISTED EXTRACTION; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; POLLUTANT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

HAIR; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; HYDROLYSIS OF FORMIC ACID; LVI-GC-MS/MS; POPS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FORMATES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84905699421     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.04.109     Document Type: Article

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