Improved breath alcohol analysis in patients with depressed consciousness

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1099-1105

  Kaisdotter Andersson, Annika ^a,c   Hök, Bertil ^a   Rentsch, Daniel ^b   Ruecker, Gernot ^b   Ekström, Mikael ^c  

^a Hok Instrument AB   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breath alcohol analysis; Depressed consciousness; Infrared transmission spectroscopy; Passive expirations; Test subject study

Indexed keywords

BREATH ALCOHOL ANALYSIS; DEPRESSED CONSCIOUSNESS; INFRARED TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PASSIVE EXPIRATIONS; TEST SUBJECT STUDY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HOSPITALS; INFRARED TRANSMISSION; PUMPS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

ALCOHOL; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALGORITHMS; BREATH TESTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARTIAL PRESSURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 78649334247     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-010-0655-5     Document Type: Article

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