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This book describes how the analysis of the trace gases in exhaled breath can be used for non-invasive clinical diagnosis of disease and for monitoring the effectiveness of therapy. This approach offers an important addition to the diagnostic techniques available to medicine, having the advantage that on-line breath analysis can provide information to the clinician immediately and thus facilitate rapid diagnosis and treatment. The book is a compilation of contributions to a conference held in Dornbirn, Austria, 23-26 September 2004 on various aspects of this new topic. Written by the foremost

Diagnosis --- Breath tests --- Breath alcohol tests --- Breath screening tests --- Breath testing --- Breathalyzer tests --- Tests, Breath --- Blood alcohol --- Roadside sobriety tests --- Diseases --- Examinations, Medical (Diagnosis) --- Medical diagnosis --- Medical examinations (Diagnosis) --- Medical tests (Diagnosis) --- Clinical medicine --- Prognosis --- Symptoms --- Analysis --- Testing --- Biochemical markers --- Carbon monoxide --- Nitric oxide --- Carbonic oxide --- Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous --- Biologic markers --- Biological markers --- Biomarkers --- Markers, Biochemical --- Biochemistry --- Indicators (Biology) --- Pathophysiology