Breath analyzer for alcolocks and screening devices

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-15

  Hok B ^a   Pettersson, H ^b   Andersson, A K ^a,c   Haasl, S ^d   Akerlund P ^a  

^a Hök Instrument AB ^*  (Sweden)

^b AUTOLIV RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^c MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Imego AB The Institute of Micro and Nanotechnology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automotive safety; Breath alcohol concentration; Breath analysis; Optical transducers

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS; AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY; BASIC CONCEPTS; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATH ANALYZERS; DEVICE SENSITIVITY; ENTIRE SYSTEM; HANDHELDS; INFRARED TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LIFECYCLE COSTS; LONG TERM STABILITY; MEASURING DISTANCES; OPTICAL TRANSDUCERS; SAMPLE DILUTION; SCREENING DEVICES; SYSTEM OPTIMIZATIONS;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 72349091736     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2035204     Document Type: Article

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