Predicting co-morbidities in chemically sensitive individuals from exhaled breath analysis

Interdisciplinary Toxicology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 123-126

  Zeliger, Harold I ^a   Pan, Yaqin ^b   Rea, William J ^b  

^a Zeliger Chemical Toxicological and Environmental Research   (United States)

^b Environmental Health Center Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical mixtures; Chemical sensitivity; Exhaled breath analysis; Sequential absorption; Toxic chemicals

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BUTANE; PROPANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ABSORPTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; LIPOPHILICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84876566581     PISSN: 13376853     EISSN: 13379569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10102-012-0020-7     Document Type: Article

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