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Endogenous Formation of Carbon Monoxide in Man

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WHEN determining the carboxyhæmoglobin concentration by analysing the concentration of carbon monoxide in the alveolar air according to a method described earlier1, it has been observed that a low concentration of carbon monoxide is present invariably in the alveolar air in man. To investigate this observation, it was necessary (1) to determine whether it really is carbon monoxide that gives the effect with the indicator used, and (2) to endeavour to show whether the presence of this factor in the alveolar air is due to carbon monoxide absorbed from the atmospheric air or to endogenous formation.

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  1. Sjöstrand, T., Sv. Läkartidning, 44 (1944); Acta physiol. Scand., 16, 201, 211 (1948).

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SJÖSTRAND, T. Endogenous Formation of Carbon Monoxide in Man. Nature 164, 580–581 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164580a0

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