Analysis of breath using sift-MS: A comparison of the breath composition of healthy volunteers and seriously-ILL ICU patients

Breath Analysis for Clinical Diagnosis and Therapeutic Monitoring

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 317-325

  Turner, C ^a   Welch, S ^a   Bellingan, G ^b   Singer, M ^c   Spanel R ^d   Smith, D ^e  

^a SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84967579140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812701954_0021     Document Type: Chapter

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