title: Determination of organometallics in intra-oral air by LT-GC/ICP-MS.
abstract: Low temperature gas chromatography (LT-GC) coupled on-line with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has been used to identify volatile metal and metalloid compounds in human breath. After cryogenic sampling, the gas sample has been separated without any clean-up by increasing the temperature (-100 to +200 degrees C). Simultaneous determination of 11 elements with ICP-MS was used for screening analysis. The detection limits of volatile compounds in intra-oral air are in the range of ng m(-3). Dimethyl selenium has been determined in each gas sample from six test persons in the range of 0.08 to 0.98 microg m(-3).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, University of Essen, D-45117, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Riechmann
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Hirner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feldmann