Hair analysis: another approach for the assessment of human exposure to selected persistent organochlorine pollutants

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 413 - 418
• Main Authors: Covaci, Adrian, Tutudaki, Maria, Tsatsakis, Aristidis M, Schepens, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 2002; Elsevier
• Subjects: Age Factors; Biological and medical sciences; DDT - analysis; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Environmental pollutants toxicology; Europe; Female; Gas chromatography; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry - methods; General aspects; Greece; Hair; Hair - chemistry; hexachlorocyclohexane; Hexachlorocyclohexane - analysis; Humans; Insecticides - analysis; Medical sciences; Occupational Exposure; Organochlorine pesticides; PCBs; Toxicology; Toxicology - methods; Greece; Romania; Belgium; Europe; Hair; PCBs; Gas chromatography; Organochlorine pesticides; Hair (head); Human; Persistent organic pollutant; Pollutant; Organochlorine compounds; Rate; Pesticides; Environment; Epidemiology; Public health; Geographical variation

Hair analysis was used for the assessment of exposure to organochlorine pollutants in specimens from Greece, Romania and Belgium. A simple method (using 3 N HCl as incubation reagent, liquid–liquid extraction with hexane/dichloromethane (DCM), alumina/acid silica clean-up and GC–ECD/GC–MS analysis)...