Technologies for clinical diagnosis using expired human breath analysis

Diagnostics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-60

  Mathew, Thalakkotur Lazar ^a   Pownraj, Prabhahari ^a   Abdulla, Sukhananazerin ^a   Pullithadathil, Biji ^a  

^a PSG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Breath analysis; Metabolism; Nanosensors; Noninvasive techniques

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; AMMONIA; ETHANE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; ISOPRENE; METHANE; NITRIC OXIDE; PENTANE;

ACETONE METABOLISM; AMMONIA METABOLISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATH GAS ANALYSIS; CHEMILUMINESCENCE ANALYZER; COLORIMETRIC SENSOR ARRAY; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY SPECTROSCOPY; ETHANE METABOLISM; EXHALATION; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY ELECTROLYZER POWDERED FLAME IONIZATION DETECTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY FLAME IONIZED DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY ION MOBILITY SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDROGEN SULPHIDE METABOLISM; INHALATION; ISOPRENE METABOLISM; LASER PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHANE METABOLISM; NITRIC OXIDE METABOLISM; PENTANE METABOLISM; PROTON TRANSFER REACTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SELECTED ION FLOW TUBE MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 85117875603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics5010027     Document Type: Review

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