Plasticizers, antioxidants, and other contaminants found in air delivered by PVC tubing used in respiratory therapy

Biomedical Chromatography

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 250-262

  Hill, Sandra S ^a,c   Shaw, Brenda R ^a   Wu, Alan H B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Nerac Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; DEHP; Estrogenic activity; p nonylphenol; Plasticizers; Respiratory therapy

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DRUG PRODUCTS; ESTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMPURITIES; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SOLVENTS; TUBING;

ADSORBANTS; ASTHMA; CARCINOGENICS; DI(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; NONLYPHENOLS; NONYLPHENOLS; P-NONYLPHENOL; PARTS PER MILLIONS; PHTHALATES;

PLASTICIZERS;

2 ETHYLHEXANOL; 4 NONYLPHENOL; ADSORBENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BUTYLCRESOL; OXYGEN; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PLASTICIZER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; VOLATILE AGENT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEACHING; LONG TERM CARE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOLECULAR SIZE; SOLID; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TUBE;

EID: 0037710702     PISSN: 02693879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmc.231     Document Type: Article

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