Effect of nitrite on blood pressure in anaesthetized and free-moving rats

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 615-619

  Vleeming, W ^a   Van De Kuil, A ^a   Te Biesebeek, J D ^a   Meulenbelt, J ^a   Boink, A B T J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRITE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM NITRATE; SODIUM NITRITE;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; HEART RATE; MALE; MOVEMENT; NITRATES; NITRITES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM NITRITE; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030919318     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(97)00015-X     Document Type: Article

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