Monitoring antioxidant defenses and free radical production in space-flight, aviation and railway engine operators, for the prevention and treatment of oxidative stress, immunological impairment, and pre-mature cell aging

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 259-267

  de Luca, C ^a   Deeva, I ^a   Mariani, S ^a   Maiani, G ^a   Stancato, A ^a   Korkina, L ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

antioxidants; cancer risk; civil aviators; lifestyle; oxidative stress; professional diseases

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATECHOLAMINE; DNA; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROPEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; SEROTONIN; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AVIATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CELL AGING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOCYTE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPHILICITY; MALE; METABOLITE; MOLECULE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATOR; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREMATURE AGING; RAILWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPACE FLIGHT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; AVIATION; CATECHOLAMINES; CELL AGING; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEUKOCYTES; LIPID PEROXIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAILROADS; SEROTONIN; SPACE FLIGHT; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 68849110161     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233709103032     Document Type: Article

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