Abstract
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has received increasing attention in recent years, yet there is still no clear way of precisely measuring ETS. This is due to several compounding factors. ETS is an extremely complex mixture of compounds [1], it is much diluted and integrated with the ambient air and hence any compounds present from other sources, and it is not a stable entity [2]. Because of the dilution factor and the complexity involved one must use a highly sensitive and selective analytical technique that can determine the presence of chemicals specific to tobacco smoke. The alternative is to measure an environment with and without tobacco smoke present, but this is rarely possible in realistic situations [3]. Furthermore the technique must take account of the fact that ETS is continuously changing; it is analytically a moving target. This paper presents a method that allows the acquisition of Chromatographic profiles of ambient air.
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Proctor, C., Dymond, H. (1990). The Measurement of ETS Through Adsorption/Desorption Procedures. In: Kasuga, H. (eds) Indoor Air Quality. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Supplement. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83904-7_9
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