Cohort-friendly protocol for a sensitive and fast method for trihalomethanes in urine using gas chromatography-Triple
Pantelis Charisiadis1, Konstantinos C Makris1
1Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus.
Abstract:
A cohort-friendly biomonitoring protocol has been developed for measuring biomarkers of exposure to disinfection by-products (trihalomethanes, THM) in urine using small initial volume (3mL) and short analysis time (∼10min) that facilitates the throughput of a large number of samples. The objective of this study was to optimise a cohort-friendly biomonitoring protocol for the determination of four THM analytes in human urine using gas chromatography coupled with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry (GC-QqQ-MS/MS). The proposed methodology will facilitate the inclusion of such urinary THM measurements into large population health studies.
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