Exhaled human breath measurement method for assessing exposure to halogenated volatile organic compounds

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 723-730

  Pleil, Joachim D ^a   Lindstrom, Andrew B ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

exhaled breath sampling; exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; CHLOROFORM; HALOCARBON; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WELL WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHALATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; SWIMMING POOL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0030939301     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.5.723     Document Type: Article

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