The evaluation of waste, surface and ground water quality using the Allium test procedure

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology

Volumn 368, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 171-179

  Smaka Kincl, Vesna ^a   Stegnar, Peter ^b   Lovka, Milan ^c   Toman, Mihael J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c Institute for Biology   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Allium test; Bioassay; Cytotoxicity; Drinking water; Genotoxicity; River water; Waste water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENOTOXICITY; METAPHASE; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN; ONION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0030570562     PISSN: 01651218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1218(96)90059-2     Document Type: Article

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