Ageing and cigarette smoking are associated with decreased glutathione levels in humans

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 445-447

  Richards, G A ^a   Van Antwerpen, V L ^a   Hunter, S ^a   Theron, A J ^a   Van der Merwe, C A ^a   Van der Walt, R ^a   Anderson, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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