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How Does Ozone Act? How and Why Can We Avoid Ozone Toxicity?

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This is one of the most important chapters because I believe that, if the ozonetherapist understands how ozone reacts with body fluids and cells, he can achieve useful therapeutic results. The administration of ozone causes a number of biochemical, pharmacological and psycho-neuro-immunological reactions to take place in a patient who is an essential part of the process.

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Bocci, V. (2010). How Does Ozone Act? How and Why Can We Avoid Ozone Toxicity?. In: OZONE. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9234-2_4

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