Biomonitoring of low levels of mercurial derivatives in water and soil by Allium micronucleus assay

Mutation Research/Environmental Mutagenesis and Related Subjects

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 11-21

  Dash, Sudhakar ^a   Panda, Kamal K ^a   Panda, Brahma B ^a  

^a BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

(Allium cepa); Mercury, biomonitoring; Micronucleus assay

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

CYTOLOGY; HEREDITY; HIGHER PLANT; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUTAGEN TESTING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MERCURY; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTAGENS; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0023832917     PISSN: 01651161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1161(88)90003-9     Document Type: Article

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