The prooxidant state and psychologic stress.
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The prooxidant state and psychologic stress.
We have read with interest the work by Lesgards et al. (1) on the effect of different lifestyle factors on their test system, which measures the resistance of red blood cells to an oxidative challenge. Their study showed that psychologic stress is a major factor influencing antioxidant status. This finding encouraged us to share our experiences of a earlier study that resulted in similar conclu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.111-a16a