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Ethane and n-pentane in exhaled breath are biomarkers of exposure not effect

Katrine A Gorham1, Mads P Sulbaek Andersen, Simone Meinardi

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. kgorham@uci.edu

Biomarkers : Biochemical Indicators of Exposure, Response, and Susceptibility to Chemicals
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