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Univ.Doz. Dr. H. Zwick reports on his study of almost 300 children who were investigated in terms of the effect of high versus low environmental ozon. The 122 probands in the high-ozon-group showed significantly more frequent and more severe bronchial hyperreactivity, and a relative suppression of the T4/T8-ratio in the peripheral blood (mean 1,44) compared with the low-ozon-group (mean 1,75). The author cautiously calls this phenomenon “subclinical immunosuppression”, whose clinical relevancy awaits further clarification.
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Zwick, H. (1993). Oxidantien, bronchiale Hyperreagibilität und zelluläres Immunsystem. In: Kummer, F. (eds) Asthma. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7537-8_7
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