PAH content and mutagenicity of marine sediments from the Venice lagoon

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 236-245

  La Rocca, Cinzia ^a   Conti, Luigi ^a   Crebelli, Riccardo ^a   Crochi, Barbara ^a   Iacovella, Nicola ^a   Rodriguez, Fabrizio ^a   Turrio Baldassarri, Luigi ^a   Di Domenico, Alessandro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ITALY; LAGOON; MUTAGENICITY; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; CONTAMINATION; LAGOON; MARINE SEDIMENT; PAH; SEDIMENT CONTAMINATION;

ADRIATIC SEA, VENICE LAGOON; ITALY, VENETO, VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 0029668021     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1996.0030     Document Type: Article

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