The contribution of nitro- and methylnitro-naphthalenes to the vapor-phase mutagenicity of ambient air samples

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 3157-3166

  Gupta, Pamela ^a   Harger, William P ^a   Arey, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient mutagenicity; Methylnitro naphthalenes; Nitro PAH; Volatile mutagens

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BACTERIA; MUTAGENS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AMBIENT MUTAGENICITY; AMES SALMONELLA; METHYLNITRONAPHTHALENES; VOLATILE MUTAGENS;

AIR POLLUTION;

METHYLNITRONAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASSAY; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY; NIGHT; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; METHYLNITRONAPHTHALENE; NITRONAPHTHALENE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

USA, CALIFORNIA, REDLANDS;

EID: 0030222675     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00024-6     Document Type: Article

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