[A case of fatal intoxication with sodium nitrite].
1954
H OLLIVIER, and
P GRILLO-ABADIE, and
G HELVADJIAN, and
J QUICKE
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D009573
Nitrites
Salts of nitrous acid or compounds containing the group NO2-. The inorganic nitrites of the type MNO2 (where M
Nitrite
D011041
Poisoning
A condition or physical state produced by the ingestion, injection, inhalation of or exposure to a deleterious agent.
Poisonings
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012977
Sodium Nitrite
Nitrous acid sodium salt. Used in many industrial processes, in meat curing, coloring, and preserving, and as a reagent in ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES. It is used therapeutically as an antidote in cyanide poisoning. The compound is toxic and mutagenic and will react in vivo with secondary or tertiary amines thereby producing highly carcinogenic nitrosamines.
Nitrite, Sodium
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