The Detection of Nitro Pesticides in Mainstream and Sidestream Cigarette Smoke Using Electron Monochromator-Mass Spectrometry

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In the third sentence of the first paragraph of the Experimental Section, the concentration of the analytes spotted on the TLC plates was actually 200 ng/µL, not 0.2 ng/µL. This statement should have read, "Standard stock solutions were prepared for TLC and ES-MS detection optimization by dissolving the dyes in methanol. A concentration of 200 ng/µL (450 pmol/µL for rhodamines B and 6G and 580 pmol/µL for rhodamine 123, respectively) was used for TLC spotting and a concentration of 0.2 ng/µL (450 fmol/µL for rhodamines B and 6G and 580 fmol/ µL for rhodamine 123, respectively) was used for ES-MS optimization."The fifth sentence of the section, Spot Sampling of Separated Analyte Bands on a TLC Plate, should have read, "Spotted in lanes 1, 2, and 3, respectively, were 200 ng of rhodamine B (1), rhodamine 6G (2), and rhodamine 123 (3)", rather than "...200 pg...". Note that all figure headings indicating that 200 ng of the dyes was spotted on the TLC plates is correct.

Relative toxicity of cigarette butts leachate and usefulness of antioxidant biomarker activity in Nile Tilapia <i>Oreochromis niloticus</i> (Trewavas, 1983)

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Reduction of Tobacco Smoking Health Risk Through an Appropriate Media Based Communication Strategy in Uganda

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Additional effect of drinking water endocrine-disrupting compound exposure on fetal growth compared to the effect of active tobacco exposure during pregnancy

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