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Oxygen Toxicity

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This chapter will present our current knowledge on the major toxic manifestations of oxygen; the clinical features-descriptions and incidence of symptoms, mechanisms underlying the oxidative insult, the time-duration relationship defining the safety limits, risk factors leading to enhanced toxicity, and strategies for protection

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Bitterman, N., Bitterman, H. (2006). Oxygen Toxicity. In: Mathieu, D. (eds) Handbook on Hyperbaric Medicine. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4448-8_45

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