The selected ion flow tube (SIFT) - A novel technique for biological monitoring

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 615-626

  Spanel P ^a   Rolfe, P ^a   Rajan, B ^b   Smith, D ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; EXHAUST GASES; HEALTH RISKS; IONIZATION OF GASES; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SAFETY DEVICES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

SELECTED ION FLOW TUBE (SIFT) TECHNIQUE;

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE;

ACETONE; AMMONIA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREATH ANALYSIS; GAS; HUMAN; IONIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SMOKING; TECHNIQUE; TIME;

BREATH TESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; HUMANS; SMOKING; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0030561060     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(96)00028-2     Document Type: Article

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