| Literature DB >> 26705372 |
Vicent Yusa1, Xiaoyun Ye2, Antonia M Calafat2.
Abstract
Biomonitoring is a very useful tool for assessing human exposure to environmental pollutants. This review discusses recent methods for the quantitative measurement of biomarkers of exposure to different classes of chemicals used in personal-care products (e.g., musk fragrances, preservatives, UV filters, and insect repellents) and consumer products (e.g., organophosphate flame retardants, phthalate esters, perfluorinated compounds, and industrial phenols). The measurements are mainly taken in urine, blood, and breast milk. We also discuss the different procedures commonly used for sample-pretreatment, extraction, and clean up, and chromatographic techniques currently used to determine these compounds. Finally, we present data on the main biomarkers occurring in different human specimens.Entities:
Keywords: Biomarker; Blood; Breast milk; Emerging pollutant; Flame retardant; Liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS); Musk fragrance; Perfluorinated compound; Personal-care product; Urine
Year: 2012 PMID: 26705372 PMCID: PMC4687402 DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2012.05.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Analyt Chem ISSN: 0165-9936 Impact factor: 12.296