Variation in the levels of volatile trace gases within three hospital environments: Implications for clinical breath testing

Journal of Breath Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Boshier, P R ^a   Cushnir, J R ^a   Priest, O H ^a   Marczin, N ^b   Hanna, G B ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; AMMONIA; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; ISOPRENE; PROPANOL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GAS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WARD; AIR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

AIR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GASES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 78049282979     PISSN: 17527155     EISSN: 17527163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/4/3/031001     Document Type: Article

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