Preliminary investigation of using volatile organic compounds from human expired air, blood and urine for locating entrapped people in earthquakes

Statheropoulos, M; Sianos, E; Agapiou, A; Georgiadou, A; Pappa, A; Tzamtzis, N; Giotaki, H; Papageorgiou, C; Kolostoumbis, D

dc.contributor.author	Statheropoulos, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Sianos, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Agapiou, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Georgiadou, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Pappa, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Tzamtzis, N	en
dc.contributor.author	Giotaki, H	en
dc.contributor.author	Papageorgiou, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Kolostoumbis, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:22:58Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:22:58Z
dc.date.issued	2005	en
dc.identifier.issn	1570-0232	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/16747
dc.subject	Blood	en
dc.subject	Earthquakes	en
dc.subject	Entrapped people	en
dc.subject	Expired air	en
dc.subject	SPME	en
dc.subject	Thermal desorption	en
dc.subject	Urine	en
dc.subject	VOCs	en
dc.subject.classification	Biochemical Research Methods	en
dc.subject.classification	Chemistry, Analytical	en
dc.subject.other	Acetone	en
dc.subject.other	Blood	en
dc.subject.other	Desorption	en
dc.subject.other	Earthquakes	en
dc.subject.other	Gas chromatography	en
dc.subject.other	Hydrocarbons	en
dc.subject.other	Ketones	en
dc.subject.other	Mass spectrometry	en
dc.subject.other	Expired air	en
dc.subject.other	Isoprenes	en
dc.subject.other	Site detection	en
dc.subject.other	Thermal desorption	en
dc.subject.other	Urine	en
dc.subject.other	Volatile organic compounds	en
dc.subject.other	2 butanone	en
dc.subject.other	acetaldehyde	en
dc.subject.other	acetone	en
dc.subject.other	alcohol	en
dc.subject.other	alkanone	en
dc.subject.other	benzene	en
dc.subject.other	butane	en
dc.subject.other	heptane derivative	en
dc.subject.other	hexane	en
dc.subject.other	hydrocarbon	en
dc.subject.other	isoprene	en
dc.subject.other	ketone	en
dc.subject.other	methyl chloride	en
dc.subject.other	para xylene	en
dc.subject.other	pentane	en
dc.subject.other	phenol	en
dc.subject.other	pinene	en
dc.subject.other	toluene	en
dc.subject.other	volatile organic compound	en
dc.subject.other	adult	en
dc.subject.other	air sampling	en
dc.subject.other	analytic method	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	blood	en
dc.subject.other	blood sampling	en
dc.subject.other	chemistry	en
dc.subject.other	desorption	en
dc.subject.other	earthquake	en
dc.subject.other	expired air	en
dc.subject.other	female	en
dc.subject.other	gas chromatography	en
dc.subject.other	human	en
dc.subject.other	human experiment	en
dc.subject.other	male	en
dc.subject.other	mass spectrometry	en
dc.subject.other	normal human	en
dc.subject.other	priority journal	en
dc.subject.other	sampling	en
dc.subject.other	solid phase microextraction	en
dc.subject.other	technology	en
dc.subject.other	time	en
dc.subject.other	urinalysis	en
dc.subject.other	urine	en
dc.subject.other	Acetone	en
dc.subject.other	Adult	en
dc.subject.other	Breath Tests	en
dc.subject.other	Butadienes	en
dc.subject.other	Female	en
dc.subject.other	Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry	en
dc.subject.other	Hemiterpenes	en
dc.subject.other	Humans	en
dc.subject.other	Ketones	en
dc.subject.other	Male	en
dc.subject.other	Natural Disasters	en
dc.subject.other	Organic Chemicals	en
dc.subject.other	Pentanes	en
dc.subject.other	Rescue Work	en
dc.subject.other	Respiration	en
dc.subject.other	Volatilization	en
dc.title	Preliminary investigation of using volatile organic compounds from human expired air, blood and urine for locating entrapped people in earthquakes	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.jchromb.2005.05.028	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchromb.2005.05.028	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2005	en
heal.abstract	A preliminary investigation on the possibility of using volatile organic compounds (VOCs) determination of expired air, blood and urine, for the early location of entrapped people in earthquakes, has been carried out. A group of 15 healthy subjects has been sampled. The identification of a common ""core"" of substances might provide indications of human presence that can be used for the development of a real time field analytical method for the on site detection of entrapped people. Expired air samples have been analyzed by thermal desorption GC/MS and VOCs from blood and urine by headspace SPME-GC/MS. Acetone was the only compound found common in all three matrices. Isoprene was found in both expired air and blood samples. Acetone and isoprene along with a number of saturated hydrocarbons were among the major constituents identified in expired air analysis. Various ketones (2-pentanone, 4-heptanone, 2-butanone) were also determined over urine specimens. Using the techniques and methods of field analytical chemistry and technology appears to be the proper approach for applying the results of the present study in real situations. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV	en
heal.journalName	Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.jchromb.2005.05.028	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000231008900014	en
dc.identifier.volume	822	en
dc.identifier.issue	1-2	en
dc.identifier.spage	112	en
dc.identifier.epage	117	en