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Science 7 August 1970:
Vol. 169. no. 3945, pp. 605 - 606
DOI: 10.1126/science.169.3945.605
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Ozone and Vitamin E

Bernard D. Goldstein 1, Ramon D. Buckley 2, Ramon Cardenas 2, and Oscar J. Balchum 2

1 Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, Goldwater Memorial Hospital, New York 10017
2 Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033

Vitamin E deficiency in rats is associated with a greater susceptibility to lethal levels of ozone. Exposure of rats to sublethal ozone concentrations produces an accelerated decline in serum vitamin E levels. These findings are consistent with the possibility that lipid peroxidation is a mechanism of ozone toxicity.


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