Dependence of exhaled breath composition on exogenous factors, smoking habits and exposure to air pollutants

• Published in: Journal of breath research Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 36008 - 1-21
• Main Authors: Filipiak, W, Ruzsanyi, V, Mochalski, P, Filipiak, A, Bajtarevic, A, Ager, C, Denz, H, Hilbe, W, Jamnig, H, Hackl, M, Dzien, A, Amann, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England IOP Publishing 01.09.2012
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Air Pollutants; Air pollution; Breath Tests; Creatinine - urine; Exhalation - physiology; Female; Humans; Male; Mass spectrometry; Middle Aged; Scientific imaging; Smoking - physiopathology; VOCs; Volatile organic compounds; Volatile Organic Compounds - analysis; Volatile Organic Compounds - urine

Non-invasive disease monitoring on the basis of volatile breath markers is a very attractive but challenging task. Several hundreds of compounds have been detected in exhaled air using modern analytical techniques (e.g. proton-transfer reaction mass spectrometry, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry...