Nasal cavity lining fluid ascorbic acid concentration increases in healthy human volunteers following short term exposure to diesel exhaust

Free Radical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-67

  Blomberg, A ^a   Sainsbury, C ^b   Rudell, B ^a   Frew, A J ^c   Holgate, S T ^c   Sandstrom T ^a   Kelly, F J ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 0031967925     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715769809097876     Document Type: Article

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