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The use of a transportable mass spectrometer for the direct measurement of industrial solvents in breath
Author(s) -
Wilson H. K.,
Ottley T. W.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
biomedical mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 0306-042X
DOI - 10.1002/bms.1200081209
Subject(s) - mass spectrometry , spectrometer , quadrupole mass analyzer , solvent , organic solvent , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , chromatography , measure (data warehouse) , quadrupole , trace (psycholinguistics) , physics , computer science , engineering , chemical engineering , optics , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , atomic physics , database
We describe an evaluation of a transportable quadrupole mass spectrometer and the modifications required for the direct measurement of trace levels of organic solvents in breath. The instrument has been used in human volunteer breath studies and has potential as a non‐invasive measure of industrial solvent uptake.