[Determination of volatile fatty acids in blood for the evaluation of multiple-factor environmental exposure].

The paper considers problems in the assay of volatile fatty acids in blood by capillary gas chromatography using a flame ionization detector. The blood levels of different volatile fatty acids were analyzed in children with environment-induced chronic gastroduodenitis with secretory failure. The performed studies allowed the authors to recommend that the altered blood levels of volatile fatty acids as an indicator of the environment-modified influence of poor environmental factors on the course of the disease.