Health hazards of nitrite inhalants / editors, Harry W. Haverkos, John A. Dougherty.

Rockville, Maryland : National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1988.

xi, 112 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.

This item was donated as part of the DrugScope archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/DRS https://wellcomecollection.org/works/psspw62x

Presentations delivered at a meeting held March 31, 1987 in Rockville, Maryland and sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Copy 1. Donor: DrugScope.

Nitrate inhalants : historical perspective / Guy R. Newell, Margaret R. Spitz, and Michael B. Wilson -- The fate and toxicity of butyl nitrites / Roger P. Maickel -- The acute toxicity of nitrite inhalants / Ronald W. Wood -- Indications from animal and chemical experiments of a carcinogenic role for isobutyl nitrite / Sidney S. Mirvish, Martin D. Ramm, and David M. Babcock -- Toxicity of inhaled isobutyl nitrite in BALB/c mice : systemic and immunotoxic studies / Daniel M. Lewis and Dennis W. Lynch -- Altered T-cell helper/suppressor ratio in mice chronically exposed to amyl nitrite / Jesse S. Ortiz and Vilma L. Rivera -- Effects of nitrites on the immune system of humans / Elizabeth M. Dax [and others] -- Deliberate inhalation of isobutyl nitrate during adolescence : a descriptive study / Richard H. Schwartz -- Nitrite inhalants : contemporary patterns of abuse / W. Robert Lange [and others] -- Epidemiologic studies : Kaposi's sarcoma vs. opportunistic infections among homosexual men with AIDS / Harry W. Haverkos.

Includes bibliographical references.