Contemporary perceptions about mechanisms of harmful impacts exerted by N-nitrosamines on human health and specific markers of pathological effects initiated by them (analytical review)
Journal: Hygiene and Sanitation
Year: 2024

Nitrosamines have toxic properties with a wide range of biological effects including mutagenic, carcinogenic, embryotoxic, teratogenic ones as well as effects on specific target organs or systems. Technogenic transformations result in greater emissions of nitrogen-containing chemicals into ambient air. This leads to their subsequent accumulation in the environment and human body and initialization of nitrosation involving occurrence of highly toxic N-nitrosamines (NA). Levels of nitrites/nitrate