Modern inhalation anesthetics: Potent greenhouse gases in the global atmosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1606-1611

  Vollmer, Martin K ^a   Rhee, Tae Siek ^b   Rigby, Matt ^c   Hofstetter, Doris ^d   Hill, Matthias ^a   Schoenenberger, Fabian ^a   Reimann, Stefan ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Alphacare   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

atmospheric chemistry; climate change; global warming; greenhouse gases

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLINICAL APPLICATION; INHALATION ANESTHETICS; ISOFLURANE; METABOLIZATION; MOLE FRACTION; PARTS PER TRILLION; SEVOFLURANE; URBAN AREAS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ANESTHETIC; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84924076441     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062785     Document Type: Article

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