Biological Monitoring of Human Exposure to Neonicotinoids Using Urine Samples, and Neonicotinoid Excretion Kinetics.

Neonicotinoids, which are novel pesticides, have entered into usage around the world because they are selectively toxic to arthropods and relatively non-toxic to vertebrates. It has been suggested that several neonicotinoids cause neurodevelopmental toxicity in mammals. The aim was to establish the...

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Main Authors: Kouji H Harada, Keiko Tanaka, Hiroko Sakamoto, Mie Imanaka, Tamon Niisoe, Toshiaki Hitomi, Hatasu Kobayashi, Hiroko Okuda, Sumiko Inoue, Koichi Kusakawa, Masayo Oshima, Kiyohiko Watanabe, Makoto Yasojima, Takumi Takasuga, Akio Koizumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4701477?pdf=render