Differences in basal airway antioxidant concentrations are not predictive of individual responsiveness to ozone: A comparison of healthy and mild asthmatic subjects

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 962-974

  Mudway, Ian S ^a   Stenfors, Nikolai ^b   Blomberg, Anders ^b   Helleday, Ragnberth ^b   Dunster, Chrissi ^a   Marklund, S L ^b   Frew, Anthony J ^c   Sandström, Thomas ^b   Kelly, Frank J ^a,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d School of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Free radicals; Glutathione; Lung; Neutrophils; Ozone; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; OZONE; SURFACTANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LIPID OXIDATION; LUNG; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOSCOPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; OZONE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0035887713     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(01)00671-2     Document Type: Article

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