This paper presents the current state of the art in human hair analysis for the detection of
organic pollutants associated with environmental and occupational exposure. The different …

Increasing evidences have revealed a close relationship between various environmental
exposures and reproductive health. The real-world complex exposure scenario along with …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine optimum biomarkers to detect fetal
exposure to environmental pesticides by the simultaneous analysis of maternal (hair and …

Synthetic pyrethroids (SPs) are used in preference to organochlorines and
organophosphates due to their high efficiency, low toxicity to mammals, and ready …

In the present work, a highly sensitive method based on solid phase microextraction and gas
chromatography tandem (triple quadrupole) mass spectrometry was used to test hair …

Objective: The detection of fetal exposure to environmental pesticides is important because
many of the pesticides are neurotoxicants and fetal exposure to these compounds can …

A new, simple, fast and sensitive method that enables the measurement of four dialkyl
phosphates (DAPs) in human head hair is presented in the current study. The dialkyl …

A method for the simultaneous detection and quantification of 22 pesticides from different
chemical classes was developed using solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and gas …

OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to determine the effects of fetal exposure to propoxur and
pyrethroids, on child neurodevelopment at 2 years of age. PATIENTS AND METHODS …

Although increasing interest is being observed in hair analysis for the biomonitoring of
human exposure to pesticides, some limitations still have to be addressed for optimum use …