Tropospheric Ozone Toxicity vs. Usefulness of Ozone Therapy

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-267

  Bocci, Velio Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Heme oxygenase 1; Oxidative stress; Ozone therapy; Ozone tolerance

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OZONE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AIR POLLUTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CALIBRATION; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INHALATION; LIPID OXIDATION; LUNG; OZONE THERAPY; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE; HUMANS; OZONE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 33846166720     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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