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Analytical challenges in breath analysis and its application to exposure monitoring

There is an increasing interest in the use of breath analysis for monitoring human physiology and exposure to toxic substances or environmental pollutants. This review focuses on the current status of the sampling procedures, collection devices and sample-enrichment methodologies used for exhaled breath-vapor analysis. We discuss the different parameters affecting each of the above steps, taking into account the requirements for breath analysis in exposure assessments and the need to analyze target compounds at sub-ppbv levels. Finally, we summarize the practical applications of exposure analysis in the past two decades

© TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, vol. 44, p. 78-89

Elsevier

Author: Alonso Roura, Mònica
Sánchez Navarro, Juan Manuel
Date: 2013 March
Abstract: There is an increasing interest in the use of breath analysis for monitoring human physiology and exposure to toxic substances or environmental pollutants. This review focuses on the current status of the sampling procedures, collection devices and sample-enrichment methodologies used for exhaled breath-vapor analysis. We discuss the different parameters affecting each of the above steps, taking into account the requirements for breath analysis in exposure assessments and the need to analyze target compounds at sub-ppbv levels. Finally, we summarize the practical applications of exposure analysis in the past two decades
Format: application/pdf
ISSN: 0165-9936
Document access: http://hdl.handle.net/10256/7866
Language: eng
Publisher: Elsevier
Collection: Versió postprint del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2012.11.011
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Is part of: © TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, vol. 44, p. 78-89
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Subject: Compostos orgànics volàtils
Volatile organic compounds
Aire -- Contaminació
Air -- Pollution
Toxicologia ambiental
Environmental toxicology
Química analítica
Chemistry, Analytic
Title: Analytical challenges in breath analysis and its application to exposure monitoring
Type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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