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Additional Sampling and Analysis Information
Systemic Agent: WHITE PHOSPHORUS

References are provided for the convenience of the reader and do not imply endorsement by NIOSH.

  • AIR MATRIX
    Brazell RS, Holmberg RW, Moneyhun JH [1984]. Application of high-performance liquid chromatography-flow injection analysis for the determination of polyphosphoric acids in phosphorus smokes. J Chromatogr A 290:163-172.


  • OTHER
    Johnston, JJ, Goldade, DA, Kohler DJ, Cummings, JL [2000]. Determination of white phosphorus residues in ducks: an atomic emission detection/compound-independent calibration-based method of generating residue data for risk assessment and environmental monitoring. Environ Sci Technol 34(9):1856-1861.

    Norman KNT, Leonard K [2000]. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry determination of phosphine residues in stored products and processed foods. J Agric Food Chem 48(9): 4066-4070.


  • SOIL MATRIX
    EPA [1996]. Method 7580: White phosphorus (P4) by solvent extraction and gas chromatography. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Enironmental Protection Agency.

    Lytle NW, Hill MW, Lambert KE, Mangelson NF, Kwak SSW [1985]. Proton-induced X-ray emission analysis of munitions disposal residues. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
    10-11(2):650-652.


    Walsh ME, Taylor S [1993]. Analytical method for white phosphorus residues in munitions-contaminated sediments. Anal Chim Acta 282(1):55-61.


  • SURFACES
    No references were identified for this sampling matrix for this agent.


  • WATER
    EPA [1996]. Method 7580: White phosphorus (P4) by solvent extraction and gas chromatography. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

    Walsh ME [1995]. Analytical method for white phosphorus in water. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 54:432-439.


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