Nitrate/Nitrite Toxicity
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Course: WB 1107
CE Original Date: September 24, 2007
CE Renewal Date: September 24, 2010
CE Expiration Date: September 24, 2012
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You can find more information about the adverse effects of nitrate/nitrite and the management of cases of human exposure from
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Suggested Reading |
Further information on nitrate/nitrite toxicity can be found in the following reports: Avery AA. Infantile methemoglobinemia: reexamining the role of drinking water nitrates. Environ Health Perspect 1999; 107(7):583-6. Mensinga TT, Speijers GJA, Meulenbelt J. Health implications of exposure to environmental nitrogenous compounds. Toxicol Rev 2003; 22(1):41-51. Lundberg JO, Weitzberg E, Cole JA, Benjamin N. Nitrate, bacteria and human health. Nat Rev Microbiol 2004; 2(7):593-602. Wright RO, Lewander WJ, Woolf AD. Methemoglobinemia: etiology, pharmacology, and clinical management. Ann Emerg Med 1999; 34(5):646-56. Fan AM, Steinberg VE. Health implications of nitrate and nitrite in drinking water: An update on methemoglobinemia occurrence and reproductive and development toxicity. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 1996; 23(11):35-43. Knobeloch L, Salna B, Hogan A, Postle J, Anderson H. Blue babies and nitrate-contaminated well water. Environ Health Perspect 2000; 108(7):675-8. |
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Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Nitrate/Nitrite is one educational case study in a series. To view Taking an Exposure History and other modules in this series, please go to http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/csem.html |
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