Oxygen Free Radicals in Tissue Damage

by Fred Samson and Merrill Tarr

Oxygen free radicals and other reactive oxygen species are being postulated as causal agents in an increasing number of pathological conditions. Indeed, some investigators are suggesting that highly destructive reactive oxygen species are the final common path lead- ing to tissue damage following a wide variety of insults including trauma, hypoxia, ischemia, hyperoxia, radiation, some toxins, and even strenuous athletic pursuits. But, as Robert Floyd...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817636099
• ISBN13: 9780817636098
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 297 Pages