A novel device for capturing breath samples for solvent analysis

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 83-89

  Dyne, D ^a   Cocker, J ^b   Wilson, H K ^b  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alveolar air; Biological monitoring; Exhaled breath; Solvents

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; 2 PROPANOL; ACETONE; HEXANE; PROPANOL; SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ACCURACY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BREATH TESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0030977813     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)05483-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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