Breath analysis: the approach towards clinical applications.
Exhaled breath analysis for clinical diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring is described with special reference to the techniques used and the underlying chemistry and physics involved. Brief outlines are given of the research carried out to date, and prospects for the future of this potentially valuable non-invasive technique are indicated.
Amann
Anton
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Department of Anaesthesia and General Intensive Care, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. anton.amann@uibk.ac.at
Spanĕl
Patrik
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Smith
David
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D001944:Breath Tests / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007536:Isomerism; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
D009569:Nitric Oxide