Akito Takeuchi et al.
Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology, 79(1), 1-4 (2007-07-10)
Formaldehyde is a carcinogen to which humans are exposed daily, but few methods are available to quantify formaldehyde in biological samples. We developed a simple, sensitive and rapid technique for the quantification of formaldehyde in urine by derivatization with O-(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorobenzyl)hydroxylamine