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The present study is an attempt to evaluate the protective effects of environmental chlorides (as NaCI and CaCl2) on nitrite-induced methemoglobinemia to the fresh water telcost Clarias lazera. Two aspects were investigated, including the determination of the minimum ratio of chloride to nitrite ion required to inhibit nitrite-induced methemoglobinemia, and the ability of chloride to reverse methemoglobin formation in fish previously exposed to nitrite.
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Hilmy, A.M., El-Domiaty, N.A. & Wershana, K. Effect of sodium chloride and calcium chloride on nitrite induced methemoglobinemia in Clarias lazera . Water Air Soil Pollut 33, 57–63 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00191377
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