Measurements of ethylene concentration by laser photoacoustic techniques with applications at breath analysis

Romanian Reports in Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 593-602

  Dumitras, D C ^a   Dutu, D C ^a   Matel, C ^a   Magureanu, A M ^a   Petrus, M ^a   Popa, C ^a   Patachia, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

Author keywords

Breath analysis; Ethylene detection; Ionising radiation effect; Laser photoacoustic spectrometer

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249106024     PISSN: 12211451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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