GC-Based Techniques for Breath Analysis: Current Status, Challenges, and Prospects

Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 291-304

  Xu, Mingjun ^a   Tang, Zhentao ^a   Duan, Yixiang ^a   Liu, Yong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breath analysis; micro GC system; portable GC system; resistive heating; volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BREATH ANALYSIS; DETECTION TECHNIQUES; MICRO-GC; MIXED GAS SEPARATIONS; NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS; PORTABLE GC; PRECONCENTRATION METHODS; RESISTIVE HEATING;

DIAGNOSIS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEATING; SAMPLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BREATH ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

BREATH TESTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; HUMANS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84973151762     PISSN: 10408347     EISSN: 15476510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408347.2015.1055550     Document Type: Review

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