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Oxygen is poisonous - an introduction to oxygen toxicity and freeradicals; the chemistry of oxygen radicals and other oxygen-derivedspecies; protection against oxidants in biological systems - thesuperoxide theory of oxygen toxicity; lipid peroxidation - a radicalchain reaction; protection against radical damage - systems withproblems; free radicals and toxicology; free radicals as usefulspecies; free radicals, ageing and disease. Appendices: a considerationof atomic structure and bonding; a simple guide to lymphocytes.