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Ozone exposure, antioxidant genes, and lung function in an elderly cohort: VA normative aging study.
Occupational and environmental medicine - 1 Nov 2008
Alexeeff S E, Litonjua A A, Wright R O, Baccarelli A, Suh H, Sparrow D, Vokonas P S, Schwartz J
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BACKGROUND: Ozone (O3) exposure is known to cause oxidative stress. This study investigated the acute effects of O(3) on lung function in the elderly, a suspected risk group. It then investigated whether genetic polymorphisms of antioxidant genes (heme oxygenase-1 (HMOX1) and glutathione S-transferase pi (GSTP1)) modified these associations. METHODS: 1100 elderly men from the Normative Aging Study were examined...
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