The use of proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry for analysis of volatile organic compounds in breath and microbial headspace
The proton transfer reaction mass spectrometer (PTR-MS) was used to analyse volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in human breath and the headspace above microbial cultures. Real-time expirograms of acetone, isoprene and methanol show that end-expired VOC concentration depends on duration of exhalation...
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University of Birmingham
2009
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.547931 |