Oxidative stress in smokers supplemented with vitamin C

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-51

  Aghdassi, Elaheh ^a   Royall, Dawna ^a   Allard, Johane P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Toronto General Hosptial   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Breath pentane; Lipid peroxidation; Smoking; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033029695     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.69.1.45     Document Type: Article

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