Prototype instrument employing a microsensor array for the analysis of organic vapors in exhaled breath

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1103-1108

  Groves, William A ^a   Zellers, Edward T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

analysis; breath; organic vapors; sensor; surface acoustic wave (SAW) technology

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROCOMPUTER; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; SENSOR;

EID: 0030459698     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119691014189     Document Type: Article

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