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3 What you get when nitrates, aromatic amines, nitrogen compounds or chlorate salts oxidize heme iron (producing hypoxia) 1 What you get when sulfur compounds react with hemoglobin (causing hypoxia)
9 Common culprit for hypoxia 2 The kind of hypoxia resulting from mitochondrial dysfunction
10 Cyanides block the production of this in mitochondria 4 Cancer of white blood cells resulting from exposure to benzene, bismuth, chlordane, lindane, mercury, potassium iodine, toluene
5 A condition characterized by insufficient oxygen to support tissue function
6 A form of anemia in which RBCs lyse early, caused by arsine, lead, methyl, naphthalene, nitrobenzene, phenylhydrazine
7 Paraquat and diquat block the addition of hydrogen to this, in turn blocking the Krebs cycle
8 Failure to produce sufficient erythrocytes, caused by benzene, carbon tetrachloride, insecticides and salicylate among others


Reference

Ostler, Neal K. et al. Health Effects of Hazardous Materials. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1996.

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