title: Development of a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method for the determination of household insecticides in indoor air.
abstract: This work presents a GC-MS method for the determination of 17 household insecticides and acaricides in indoor air. Air samples were collected with a sampling train which consisted of a glass fibre filter and two polyurethane foam plugs, followed by a high-volume air pump. Filters and plugs were analysed separately. The overall recoveries ranged from 85 to 109% (4-11% RSD). Minimum method detection limits between 0.1 and 5 ng/m3 were determined.
authors.affiliation: Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Aerosol Research, Drug Research and Clinical Inhalation, Nikolai-Fuchs-Strasse 1, D-30625 Hanover, Germany.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Elflein
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Berger-Preiss
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Levsen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wünsch
mesh_terms: D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides