A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy / This thesis describes and discusses oxidants and anti-oxidants and their relation to human disease. Cigarette smoking is used as the model for the study of chronic inflammatory processes, firstly, to establish a causative link between oxidants and disease viz. lung function abnormalities in smokers, secondly to evaluate the interaction between hyperactive phagocytes and anti-oxidant defences and thirdly, to investigate the possibility that intervention with anti-oxidants may ameliorate the effects of chronic inflammation. / IT2018
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/24576 |
Date | 21 May 1991 |
Creators | Richards, Guy, Antony |
Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis |
Format | application/pdf |
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