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Breath Test

Posted November 20, 2006 4:55 PM

From Chemical & Engineering News: Latest News:

No-prep method analyzes nonvolatile components in breath. Breath analysis usually measures just the volatile components of breath. Swiss scientists now show that mass spectrometry can be used to measure semivolatile and even nonvolatile compounds in breath. Such a method could be used for metabolic studies or diagnostic tests.

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11/21/2006 6:46 AM

Within the past year or so there has also been talk about analyzing the chemical components from passig gas. I wonder if the two could be used on a comparison basis to diagnos illness.

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11/24/2006 10:23 AM

it will be cool to be equiped with an instrument like that in front of my bed when I am sick

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