Samenvatting
Leafy vegetables, like spinach, may contain high concentrations of nitrate. In the Netherlands, about 75% of mean daily intake of nitrate orginates from the consumption of vegatables. Hazards to human health are associated with the reduction of nitrate to nitrite. Acute nitrite poisoning causes methemoglobinemia: nitrite binds to haemoglobin and reduces teh O2 transport. Chronic nitrite poisonig may be caused by carcinogens, wich are formed from nitrite and secundary N-compounds. ...
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Originele taal-2 | English |
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Kwalificatie | Doctor of Philosophy |
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Datum van toekenning | 6-jun.-1986 |
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Status | Published - 6-jun.-1986 |