Water mutagenicity and toxicology in Rio Tercero (Cordoba, Argentina)

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 819-824

  Lerda, Daniel E ^a   Prosperi, Carlos H ^b  

^a Municipalidad de Marcos Juarez   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Algal toxins; Cyanobacteria; Heavy metals; Mutagenicity; Pollution; Water quality; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ARSENIC; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; CLASTOGEN; DRINKING WATER; OZONE; RIVER WATER; VANADIUM;

ALGA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; DISINFECTION; GENOTOXICITY; LIVER TOXICITY; MUTAGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; TOXICOLOGY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

MUTAGENICITY; POLLUTION; RIVER WATER QUALITY; TOXICOLOGY;

ARGENTINA, CORDOBA, RIO TERCERO;

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; MUTAGENS; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAL TOXINS; CYANOBACTERIA; GENOTOXICITY; RIO TERCERO RIVER, ARGENTINA; WATER MUTAGENICITY;

WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0029661160     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00226-X     Document Type: Article

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