Genotoxicity of influents and effluents of the wastewater treatment plant

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 7-8 -8 pt 4, 1996, Pages 9-14

  Filipic, M ^a   Toman, M J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Municipal wastewaters; Mutagenicity; Nitropolyaromatic hydrocarbons; Salmonella microsome test

Indexed keywords

SALMONELLA TEST;

HYDROCARBONS; MUTAGENS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MUTAGENIC AGENT; NITROREDUCTASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AMES TEST; CONFERENCE PAPER; EFFLUENT; MUTAGENICITY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0029951753     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(96)00716-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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