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Genetic analysis of ozone-induced acute lung injury in sensitive and resistant strains of mice.
Nature genetics - 1 Dec 1997
Prows D R, Shertzer H G, Daly M J, Sidman C L, Leikauf G D
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiological studies have found air pollution to be associated with excessive mortality, particularly death from respiratory and cardiovascular causes. Interpretation of these findings is controversial, however, because toxicological mechanisms controlling mortality are uncertain. Susceptibility to many air pollutants entails an oxidative stress response. Accordingly, the best-characterized oxidant air...
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