Laser spectroscopy on volatile sulfur compounds: Possibilities for breath analysis

Journal of Breath Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Ciaffoni, L ^a   Peverall, R ^a   Ritchie, G A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON DISULFIDE; CARBONYL SULFIDE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANETHIOL; SULFIDE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILE SULFUR COMPOUND; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYTIC METHOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; HALITOSIS; HEPATIC COMA; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SENSOR; EXHALATION; LUNG; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY; VOLATILIZATION;

BREATH TESTS; EXHALATION; HUMANS; LUNG; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 79958144486     PISSN: 17527155     EISSN: 17527163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/5/2/024002     Document Type: Review

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