Nitrate Handbook

Environmental, Agricultural, and Health Effects

Thumbnail
Contributor(s)
Tsadilas, Christos (editor)
Language
English
Show full item record
Abstract
Provides an overview of the entire nitrate cycle and the processes influencing nitrate transformation, and clearly identifies its role as an essential nutrient in plant growth, food preservation, and human health. It explains the discrepancies between public perceptions on nitrate harm versus the beneficial effects on human health.
URI
https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/98567
Keywords
crop productivity; food safety; human health; Nitrates; Nitrites; nitrogen fertilizers; water quality; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology::TQK Pollution control
DOI
10.1201/9780429326806
ISBN
9780367338220, 9781032118055, 9780429326806
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publisher website
http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/
Publication date and place
2022
Imprint
CRC Press
Review type
Proposal
Anonymity
Single-anonymised
Reviewer type
Internal editor; External peer reviewer
Review stage
Pre-publication
Open review
No
Publish responsibility
Publisher

Chapters in this book

  • Chapter 15 Nitrates and Methemoglobinemia
    Fossen Johnson, Sarah (2022)
    Methemoglobinemia is characterized by a blue color to the skin, hypoxia that does not respond to administered oxygen, chocolate-colored blood, and shortness of breath. There are two main types of methemoglobinemia. The ...