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The biological samples, which were obtained from women staying in a maternity ward and their partners, revealed cyanide concentrations in urine samples spanning 1.30\u201325.3 \u03bcg L\u22121. Meanwhile, the results of the meconium samples were in the range of 1.54 \u03bcg L\u22121 to 24.9 \u03bcg L\u22121. Under the optimized chromatographic conditions, the IC-PAD system exhibited satisfactory repeatability (R &lt; 3%, n = 3) and good linearity in the range of 1\u2013100 \u03bcg L\u22121. Thus, it proved to be an effective tool for monitoring trace cyanide concentration in a series of human body fluid matrices, including meconium. 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