Analysis of solvent vapors in breath and ambient air with a surface acoustic wave sensor array

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 609-623

  Groves, William A ^a,b   Zellers, Edward T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Breath analysis; Sensor array; Surface acoustic wave sensor; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ADSORBENTS; ALGORITHMS; BINARY MIXTURES; CALIBRATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORS;

WATER VAPOR;

VAPORS;

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 2 BUTANONE; 2 PROPANOL; ACETONE; BENZENE; BUTANOL; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIOXANE; ETHYLBENZENE; METHOXYFLURANE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ALGORITHM; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREATH ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPIRED AIR; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SENSOR; VAPOR; WORKPLACE;

ACOUSTICS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BREATH TESTS; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0035155346     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(01)00020-5     Document Type: Article

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