Faulty sausage production causing methaemoglobinaemia
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Faulty sausage production causing methaemoglobinaemia.
A family outbreak of methaemoglobinaemia following ingestion of sausages made using 'saltpetre' is reported. Saltpetre is a generic term for several potassium and sodium based compounds. On this occasion imprecise ordering led to the use of sodium nitrite rather than the usual potassium nitrate, with extremely serious consequences.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.4.367