Quantitative determination of nine urinary metabolites of organophosphate flame retardants using solid phase extraction and ultra performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS)

Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences

Volumn 1014, Issue , 2016, Pages 24-30

  Kosarac, Ivana ^a   Kubwabo, Cariton ^a   Foster, Warren G ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

MS MS; Organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs); Pregnant women; UPLC ; Urinary metabolites

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BODY FLUIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FLAME RETARDANTS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; PHASE SEPARATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SPECTROMETRY;

MS/MS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE FLAME RETARDANTS; PREGNANT WOMAN; UPLC; URINARY METABOLITES;

EXTRACTION;

DI O CRESYL PHOSPHATE; DI PARA CRESYL PHOSPHATE; DIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; TRICRESYL PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DERIVATIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; URINE; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; PREGNANCY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957069035     PISSN: 15700232     EISSN: 1873376X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2016.01.035     Document Type: Article

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