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It has been mentioned (Chapter 3) that inhalation of ozone can be very deleterious to the pulmonary system and possibly other organs, as demonstrated by a number of studies (Mehlman and Borek, 1987; Lippman, 1989; Mustafa, 1990; Devlin et al., 1991; Rahman et al., 1991, 1992; Pryor, 1992; Aris et al., 1993; Stevens et al., 1995). Prolonged breathing of ozone causes progressive toxicity which can be exemplified as follows:
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Bocci, V. (2002). Ozone Toxicity: Biological Risk, Toxicology and First Aid. In: Oxygen-Ozone Therapy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9952-8_5
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