Genotoxicity of oil pollution on some species of Kuwaiti flora

Biologia

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-70

  Malallah, Ghanima ^a   Arzal, Mohammed ^b   Murin, Gustav ^a   Murin, Augustin ^b   Abraham, Dolly ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Genotoxicity; Growth inhibition; Kuwait; Oil pollution; Plant bioindicators; Pollen abortion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001495232     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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