Volatile metabolites in the exhaled breath of healthy volunteers: Their levels and distributions

Journal of Breath Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Smith, David ^a   Turner, Claire ^b   Spanel, Patrik ^c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; AMMONIA; ISOPRENE; METHANOL; PROPANOL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84974690927     PISSN: 17527155     EISSN: 17527163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/1/1/014004     Document Type: Review

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