Hair as a marker for pesticides exposure

Autor: Charlotte Smith-Baker, Mahmoud A. Saleh
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B. 46:648-653
ISSN: 1532-4109
0360-1234
Popis: Rats were orally treated with mixtures of chlorinated pesticides. Hair was collected and analyzed for pesticide residues over a period of up to four weeks. Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the recovered pesticides in hair were determined using gas chromatography with electron capture detector. Results suggest that hair can be used as a biomarker for the monitoring of organochlorinated pesticide residues at low parts per billion levels. Chlorinated pesticides were also detected in human hair of environmentally exposed and occupationally exposed individuals, which indicates that hair can be used for monitoring pesticides exposure.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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