Assessing the External Exposome Using Wearable Passive Samplers and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry among South African Children Participating in the VHEMBE Study

Technique: GC-MS

Type: Case Studies: From the Literature

Applications: Environmental

Products: KnowItAll Software, NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Library, Wiley Registry

Children are amongst the most vulnerable when it comes to air pollution. This study carried out in Limpopo, South Africa, used wearable samplers to track the levels to which children in the region are exposed to various contaminants. The sorb chemicals in the samplers were analyzed using GC-HRMS and identified using Wiley Registry and NIST libraries.

 

Image provided by K. Pollitt, used with permission.

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