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amines
- In amine: Substitution
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- In climate: The cycling of biogenic atmospheric gases
nitroso compounds
- In nitroso compound

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- In preservative
meat preservation
- In meat processing: Curing and smoking
- In food additive: Antimicrobials
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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - Nitrate and Nitrite.	Gloria Lotha	May 30, 2023
	Add new Web site: National Centre for Biotechnology Information - PubChem - Nitrite.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Jul 09, 2017
	Added new Web site: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Nitrates and Nitrites.	Deepti Mahajan	Jan 04, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998