Acetylene in breath: Background levels and real-time elimination kinetics after smoking

Journal of Breath Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Metsala M ^a   Schmidt, F M ^a   Skytta M ^a   Vaittinen, O ^a   Halonen, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DRUG ELIMINATION; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MEASUREMENT; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; EXHALATION; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

ACETYLENE; ADULT; BREATH TESTS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649888630     PISSN: 17527155     EISSN: 17527163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/4/4/046003     Document Type: Article

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