New technologies in the use of exhaled breath analysis for biological monitoring

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 753-757

  Wilson, H K ^a   Monster, A C ^b  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Breath analysis; Technology

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CARBON MONOXIDE; SOLVENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREATH ANALYSIS; DIODE LASER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPIRED AIR; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; SCREENING; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032599829     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.11.753     Document Type: Short Survey

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