The application of infrared spectroscopy to breath CO2 isotope ratio measurements and the risk of spurious results

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1225-1239

  Mansfield, C D ^a   Rutt, H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; AMMONIA; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BENZONITRILE; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DISULFIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

CARBON DIOXIDE BREATHING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFUSION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INFRARED RADIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BREATH TESTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 0031954691     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/5/013     Document Type: Review

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